Informix Error -23627
Cause and resolution
Backup Manager Error: The Dbspace is unknown to the system.
The dbspace that you have specified does not exist in your system. Is the storage space that you specified a dbslice instead of a dbspace? Create the necessary dbspace or, if you have a dbslice, modify your statement and try again.
Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance
Reasons / Common Causes
-23627 fires when the specified dbspace doesn't exist in the system — per the official guidance, the specified storage space might actually be a dbslice rather than a dbspace.
- The specified dbspace not existing, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause; possibly a dbslice name was used where a dbspace name is required.
Solutions / Resolution
- Create the necessary dbspace, per the official guidance, or
- If you have a dbslice, modify the statement and try again, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A
No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an unknown dbspace name.
Diagnostic Checks
- Check whether the named storage space is a dbspace or a dbslice, and correct the statement or create the dbspace as needed.
Related Errors / Related Topics
No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -23627 in this set yet.
The specified dbspace doesn't exist — check whether it's actually a dbslice, or create the dbspace.