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Informix Error -12099: Smart Large Objects: Archiver found a smart large object with a corrupted header.

Cause and resolution

Smart Large Objects: Archiver found a smart large object with a corrupted header.

The archiver detected a smart large object missing an extent map slot or a header slot. The archive process is corrupted.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-12099 fires when the archiver detects a smart large object missing an extent-map or header slot — per the official guidance.

  1. A smart large object missing an extent-map slot, per the official guidance — the first named case.
  2. A smart large object missing a header slot, per the official guidance — the second named case; either corrupts the archive process.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. If this error recurs, note all circumstances and contact IBM Informix Technical Support, per the official guidance's general pattern for this error family.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a corrupted object header found during archive.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Escalate to IBM Informix Technical Support if the error recurs — the object's extent-map or header slot is missing, corrupting the archive.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -12099 in this set yet.

The archiver found a smart large object missing an extent-map or header slot, corrupting the archive — report recurrences to IBM Informix Technical Support.