Why does my AIX database not restart following system recovery?

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After a reinstall of my AIX system from a backup, the database application will not start.

exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program /home/sybase/sybase.12/ASE-12_0/bin/dataserver because of the following errors:
0509-130 Symbol resolution failed for /usr/lib/libc.a(aio.o) because:
0509-136 Symbol kaio_rdwr (number 0) is not exported from
dependent module /unix.
0509-136 Symbol listio (number 1) is not exported from
dependent module /unix.
0509-136 Symbol acancel (number 2) is not exported from
dependent module /unix.
0509-136 Symbol iosuspend (number 3) is not exported from
dependent module /unix.
0509-136 Symbol aio_nwait (number 4) is not exported from
dependent module /unix.
0509-192 Examine .loader section symbols with the
‘dump -Tv’ command.

ANSWER

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This problem is caused by the async io device not configured and available. This device is configured after the install using the chdev command, but this particular device requires a reboot for the configuration to take effect. The solution is to reboot the system and the configuration will take effect. The database should start properly from that point forward.