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Informix Error -12114: Smart Large Objects: Archive not started.

Cause and resolution

Smart Large Objects: Archive not started.

This error is internal. The smart-large-object subsystem was asked to build a user-data extent list before the archiving started.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-12114 is an internal error — per the official guidance, the smart-large-object subsystem was asked to build a user-data extent list before archiving actually started.

  1. A request to build a user-data extent list issued before archiving started, per the official guidance — no further detail given.
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
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented — this is reported as an internal error.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Escalate to IBM Informix Technical Support if the error recurs — this is an internal error with no documented user-actionable cause.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -12114 in this set yet.

The extent list was requested before archiving started — report recurrences to IBM Informix Technical Support.