ocf_heartbeat_ids - Manages an Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) instance

Author

ClusterLabscontributors(seetheresourceagentsourceforinformationaboutindividualauthors) resource-agents 4.16.0-3ubuntu 06/25/2025 OCF_HEARTBEAT_IDS(7)

Description

OCF resource agent to manage an IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) instance as an High-Availability resource.

Example Crm Shell

The following is an example configuration for a ids resource using the crm(8) shell: primitive p_ids ocf:heartbeat:ids \ op monitor depth="0" timeout="30s" interval="10s"

Example Pcs

The following is an example configuration for a ids resource using pcs(8) pcs resource create p_ids ocf:heartbeat:ids \ op monitor OCF_CHECK_LEVEL="0" timeout="30s" interval="10s"

Name

ocf_heartbeat_ids - Manages an Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) instance

Supported Actions

This resource agent supports the following actions (operations): start Starts the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 120s. stop Stops the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 120s. status Performs a status check. Suggested minimum timeout: 60s. monitor Performs a detailed status check. Suggested minimum timeout: 30s. Suggested interval: 10s. validate-all Performs a validation of the resource configuration. Suggested minimum timeout: 5s. meta-data Retrieves resource agent metadata (internal use only). Suggested minimum timeout: 5s. methods Suggested minimum timeout: 5s. usage Suggested minimum timeout: 5s.

Supported Parameters

informixdir The value the environment variable INFORMIXDIR has after a typical installation of IDS. Or in other words: the path (without trailing '/') where IDS was installed to. If this parameter is unspecified the script will try to get the value from the shell environment. (optional, string, no default) informixserver The value the environment variable INFORMIXSERVER has after a typical installation of IDS. Or in other words: the name of the IDS server instance to manage. If this parameter is unspecified the script will try to get the value from the shell environment. (optional, string, no default) onconfig The value the environment variable ONCONFIG has after a typical installation of IDS. Or in other words: the name of the configuration file for the IDS instance specified in INFORMIXSERVER. The specified configuration file will be searched at '/etc/'. If this parameter is unspecified the script will try to get the value from the shell environment. (optional, string, no default) dbname This parameter defines which database to use in order to monitor the IDS instance. If this parameter is unspecified the script will use the 'sysmaster' database as a default. (optional, string, default "sysmaster") sqltestquery SQL test query to run on the database specified by the parameter 'dbname' in order to monitor the IDS instance and determine if it's functional or not. If this parameter is unspecified the script will use 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM systables;' as a default. (optional, string, default "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM systables;")