Branding error while Installing informix on solaris

I got branding error while trying to install informix on solaris environment.
Can anyone help me to fix this error????

On Dec 24, 11:14 pm, "ssameer" <u40142@uwe> wrote:

I got branding error while trying to install informix on solaris environment.
Can anyone help me to fix this error????

Could you help us help you?

Which version of Solaris?
Which version of IDS?

Any chance you have a SPARC version of IDS installing on Intel, or
vice versa?

Have you installed IDS before?

Typically, this means there's a problem of some sort with the
distribution - if the brand program won't work, neither will the rest
of IDS, most often.

Merry Christmas!

-=JL=-

Thanks LJ for the reply...

Solaris version 10
IDS version 10.2
I am not using SPARC instead i m installing on x86.
I have not installed Informix before ,this is the first time i m installing
ids on solaris.

Jonathan Leffler wrote:

I got branding error while trying to install informix on solaris environment.
Can anyone help me to fix this error????

Could you help us help you?

Which version of Solaris?
Which version of IDS?

Any chance you have a SPARC version of IDS installing on Intel, or
vice versa?

Have you installed IDS before?

Typically, this means there's a problem of some sort with the
distribution - if the brand program won't work, neither will the rest
of IDS, most often.

Merry Christmas!

-=JL=-

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"ssameer via DBMonster.com" <u40142@uwe> wrote

Thanks LJ for the reply...

Solaris version 10
IDS version 10.2
I am not using SPARC instead i m installing on x86.
I have not installed Informix before ,this is the first time i m
installing
ids on solaris.

Jonathan Leffler wrote:
I got branding error while trying to install informix on solaris
environment.
Can anyone help me to fix this error????

Could you help us help you?

Which version of Solaris?
Which version of IDS?

Any chance you have a SPARC version of IDS installing on Intel, or
vice versa?

Have you installed IDS before?

Typically, this means there's a problem of some sort with the
distribution - if the brand program won't work, neither will the rest
of IDS, most often.

Merry Christmas!

-=JL=-

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On Dec 25, 9:02 pm, "ssameer via DBMonster.com" <u40142@uwe> wrote:

Solaris version 10
IDS version 10.2
I am not using SPARC instead i m installing on x86.
I have not installed Informix before ,this is the first time i m installing
ids on solaris.

There is no version 10.2 of anything Informix. I suspect you are
thinking of 10.00.xC2 (where x is either U or F, indicating 32-bit or
64-bit).

Is the version you obtained definitely for Solaris and Intel? You may
have to find the brand program in $INFORMIXDIR/etc, or any executable
from $INFORMIXDIR/bin, and see what 'file program' says (eg: 'file
$INFORMIXDIR/bin/oninit). If it says SPARC, then you've got the wrong
product and need to obtain the Intel version of IDS. If 'file
program' says Intel x86, the problem is something else.

Are you using the Java-based installer? I imagine you must be - I
wonder if it bothers to detect that it is running on the wrong
hardware...apparently not.

Jonathan Leffler wrote:
I got branding error while trying to install informix on solaris environment.
Can anyone help me to fix this error????

Could you help us help you?

Which version of Solaris?
Which version of IDS?

Any chance you have a SPARC version of IDS installing on Intel, or
vice versa?

Have you installed IDS before?

Typically, this means there's a problem of some sort with the
distribution - if the brand program won't work, neither will the rest
of IDS, most often.

-=JL=-

Jonathan Leffler wrote:

Any chance you have a SPARC version of IDS installing on Intel, or
vice versa?

I would agree with this diagnosis. This is where the installation failed
for me when I was installing IDS 10.00.FC2 for IBM Power 5 on Linux on
an x86_64 box; you get quite a long way through before it fails. I of
course needed IDS 10.00.FC2 on Linux for x86_64.

I think what is causing the confusion here is the version numbering,
which just uses 'F' for 64-bit regardless of platform. Can I make a
suggestion that different letters are used for different platforms
(hardware/OS combination) since only 'U', 'F' and 'H' are used at present?

Ben.

I have sun OS 5.10 generic 120012 -14 i86 pc i386 i86 pc
it is on x86_64 .

Ben Thompson wrote:

Any chance you have a SPARC version of IDS installing on Intel, or
vice versa?

I would agree with this diagnosis. This is where the installation failed
for me when I was installing IDS 10.00.FC2 for IBM Power 5 on Linux on
an x86_64 box; you get quite a long way through before it fails. I of
course needed IDS 10.00.FC2 on Linux for x86_64.

I think what is causing the confusion here is the version numbering,
which just uses 'F' for 64-bit regardless of platform. Can I make a
suggestion that different letters are used for different platforms
(hardware/OS combination) since only 'U', 'F' and 'H' are used at present?

Ben.

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the error message as in the log file is

(Dec 19, 2007 9:52:19 PM), Install, BrandSDKFiles, err,
CUSTOM_BEAN_ERROR_BEGIN
/opt/IBM/informix/etc/installc: etc/brand: cannot execute
CUSTOM_BEAN_ERROR_END



ssameer wrote:

I have sun OS 5.10 generic 120012 -14 i86 pc i386 i86 pc
it is on x86_64 .

Any chance you have a SPARC version of IDS installing on Intel, or
vice versa?
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]

Ben.

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ssameer via DBMonster.com wrote:

the error message as in the log file is

(Dec 19, 2007 9:52:19 PM), Install, BrandSDKFiles, err,
CUSTOM_BEAN_ERROR_BEGIN
/opt/IBM/informix/etc/installc: etc/brand: cannot execute
CUSTOM_BEAN_ERROR_END

ssameer wrote:
I have sun OS 5.10 generic 120012 -14 i86 pc i386 i86 pc
it is on x86_64 .

Any chance you have a SPARC version of IDS installing on Intel, or
vice versa?

What output do you get when you run (from the command line):

file /opt/IBM/informix/etc/brand

If it says 'SPARC', you've got the wrong software.
If it says something else, please tell us what.

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