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diff --git a/doc/FAQ_AIX b/doc/FAQ_AIX index 112bcefb56e..d6f3a5b7a1f 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_AIX +++ b/doc/FAQ_AIX @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ From: Zeugswetter Andreas <ZeugswetterA@spardat.at> -$Date: 2006/04/13 11:41:02 $ +$Date: 2006/05/26 19:48:32 $ On AIX 4.3.2 PostgreSQL compiled with the native IBM compiler xlc (vac.C 5.0.1) passes all regression tests. Other versions of OS and @@ -365,3 +365,35 @@ References and resources IBM Redbook http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg245674.pdf http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg245674.html?Open + + +Statistics Collector Fun on AIX +-------------------------------- + +When implementing PostgreSQL version 8.1 on AIX 5.3, we periodically +ran into problems where the statistics collector would "mysteriously" +not come up successfully. + +This appears to be the result of unexpected behaviour in the IPv6 +implementation. It looks like PostgreSQL and IPv6 do not play very +well together at this time on AIX. + +Any of the following actions "fix" the problem. + +1. Delete the localhost ipv6 address + +(as root) +# ifconfig lo0 inet6 ::1/0 delete + +2. Remove IPv6 from net services. The file /etc/netsvc.conf, on AIX, +is roughly equivalent to /etc/nsswitch.conf on Solaris/Linux. + +The default, on AIX, is thus: + + hosts=local,bind + +Replace this with: + + hosts=local4,bind4 + +to deactivate searching for IPv6 addresses.
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