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Informix Error -23502: CM error: Cannot allocate memory.

Cause and resolution

CM error: Cannot allocate memory.

The database server detected an error when it attempted to acquire a block of virtual memory from the operating system.

Contact IBM Informix Technical Support.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-23502 fires when the database server can't acquire a block of virtual memory from the operating system for the CM subsystem — per the official guidance.

  1. A failure acquiring virtual memory from the operating system, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Contact IBM Informix Technical Support, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a virtual-memory acquisition failure.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check system memory availability, and escalate to IBM Informix Technical Support.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -23502 in this set yet.

The CM subsystem couldn't acquire virtual memory from the OS — contact IBM Informix Technical Support.