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Informix Error -23609: Backup Manager Error: Type different to that allocated to worker.

Cause and resolution

Backup Manager Error: Type different to that allocated to worker.

If this internal error recurs, note all circumstances and contact IBM Informix Technical Support.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-23609 is an internal error — per the official guidance, the requested object type differs from what was allocated to the worker.

  1. An object-type mismatch against the worker's allocation, per the official guidance — no further named detail.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. If this internal error recurs, note all circumstances and contact IBM Informix Technical Support, per the official guidance.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented — this is reported as an internal error.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Record the full sequence of events, and escalate to IBM Informix Technical Support if the error recurs.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -23608 — "Backup Manager Error: No object allocated to worker." The same class of object-allocation internal error, on no allocation rather than a type mismatch.

An object-type mismatch occurred against a worker's allocation — an internal error; contact IBM Informix Technical Support if it recurs.