Table 4 lists the database server files and the directories in which they reside.
| Filename | Directory | Purpose | Created |
|---|---|---|---|
| af.xxx | Specified by DUMPDIR configuration parameter | Assertion-failure information | By the database server |
| bar_act.log | /tmp | ON-Bar activity log | By ON-Bar |
| bldutil.process_id | /tmp | Error messages about the sysutils database appear in this file. | By the database server |
| buildsmi.xxx | /tmp | Error messages about SMI database | By the database server |
| .conf.dbservername | The onsnmp utility uses this file to obtain the database server configuration. | By the database server | |
| core | Directory from which the database server was invoked | Core dump | By the database server |
| Emergency boot files
(For filenames, see page Emergency Boot Files for ON-Bar.) |
$INFORMIXDIR/etc | Used in a cold restore | By ON-Bar |
| gcore | Specified by DUMPDIR configuration parameter | Assertion failure information | By the database server |
| illlsrra.xx | $INFORMIXDIR/lib | Shared libraries for the database server and some utilities | By install procedure |
| .informix | User's home directory | Set personal environment variables | By the user |
| informix.rc | $INFORMIXDIR/etc | Set default environment variables for all users | By the database administrator |
| INFORMIXTMP | /tmp | Temporary directory for internal files | By the database server |
| .inf.servicename | /INFORMIXTMP | Connection information | By the database server |
| .infos.dbservername | $INFORMIXDIR/etc | Connection information | By the database server |
| .infxdirs | /INFORMIXTMP | Database server discovery file that onsnmp use | By the database server |
| ISM catalog | $INFORMIXDIR
/ism |
Records saved backup objects and storage volumes that IBM Informix Storage Manager (ISM) uses | By ISM |
| ISM logs | $INFORMIXDIR
/ism/logs |
Operator alert messages, backend status, additional ISM information | By ISM |
| ISMversion | $INFORMIXDIR
/ism |
ISM version | During installation |
| The message log | Specified by MSGPATH configuration parameter | Error messages and status information | By the database server |
| The ONCONFIG file | $INFORMIXDIR/etc | Configuration information | By the database administrator |
| onconfig | $INFORMIXDIR/etc | Default ONCONFIG file (optional) | By the database server administrator |
| onconfig.std | $INFORMIXDIR/etc | Template for configuration-
parameter values |
During installation |
| onconfig.xps | $INFORMIXDIR/etc | Template for multiple-coserver ONCONFIG file | During installation |
| oncfg_servername.
servernum.coserverid |
$INFORMIXDIR/etc | Information for ON-Bar restores | By the database server |
| onsnmp.servername.
coservernum.log |
/tmp | Log file that the onsnmp subagent uses. | By onsnmp |
| onsrvapd.log | /tmp | Log file for the database server daemon onsrvapd. | By onsnmp |
| postInstall.tmp | /tmp | Output from the postinstall script. | By the database server. |
| servicename.exp | /INFORMIXTMP | Connection information | By the database server |
| servicename.str | /INFORMIXTMP | Connection information | By the database server |
| shmem.xxx | Specified by DUMPDIR configuration parameter | Assertion-failure information | By the database server |
| sm_versions.std | $INFORMIXDIR/etc | Identifies storage manager in use. | During installation |
| snmpd.log | /tmp | Log file for the SNMP master agent, snmpdm. | By onsnmp. |
| sqlhosts | $INFORMIXDIR/etc | Connection information. | During installation; modified by the database server administrator |
| VP.servername.nnx | /INFORMIXTMP | Connection information | By the database server |
| xbsa.messages | $INFORMIXDIR
/ism/applogs |
XBSA library call information | By ISM |
| xcfg_servername.
servernum |
$INFORMIXDIR/etc | Internal configuration information for ON-Bar restores | By the database server |