Informix Error -12093: Smart Large Objects: archive failed to create a mutex and aborted.

Reasons / Common Causes

-12093 fires when an archive operation can't create a required mutex and aborts — per the official guidance.

1. The system being out of memory, per the official guidance — the named, likely cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Check system memory availability, per the official guidance's implication.

Examples

Checking system memory

$ free -h

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check system memory availability, and free memory or reduce concurrent load before retrying the archive.

Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -12093 in this set yet.

An archive couldn't create a required mutex and aborted, likely due to memory pressure — check system memory.