Informix Error -12205: Smart Large Objects: No free disk space for archive preimage partition.

Reasons / Common Causes

-12205 fires when rootdbs runs out of space while extending the temporary archive preimage partition — per the official guidance.

1. rootdbs running out of free space during the archive, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Add more space to rootdbs, per the official guidance.
2. Restart the archive, per the official guidance.

Examples

N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond rootdbs running out of space mid-archive.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check rootdbs's free space, and add more before restarting the archive.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -12066 — "Smart Large Objects Archive: Cannot build pre-image temporary partition." A related preimage-partition error, about a full/inaccessible temp dbspace generally rather than specifically rootdbs running out during extension.

rootdbs ran out of space extending the archive preimage partition — add more space and restart the archive.