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Informix Error -43049: Error writing to the ON-Bar emergency boot file. Before attempting a restore, insert the following into <filename>: <text>.

Cause and resolution

Error writing to the ON-Bar emergency boot file. Before attempting a restore, insert the following into <filename>: <text>.

An error occurred when ON-Bar attempted to write information to the ON-Bar emergency boot file. The backup of this object succeeded; however, the object will not be included in a cold restore unless the specified information is added to the emergency boot file.

To include the object in a cold restore, ask your database server administrator to insert the specified data into the ON-Bar emergency boot file or try running onsmsync -b. (The emergency boot file is $INFORMIXDIR/etc/Bixbar_<hostname>.<dbservernum> for IBM Informix Extended Parallel Server, $INFORMIXDIR/etc/ixbar.<dbservernum> for IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.2 or later on UNIX, or %INFORMIXDIR%\etc\ixbar.<dbservernum> for Dynamic Server 9.2 or later on Windows.) </dbservernum></dbservernum></dbservernum></hostname>

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Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-43049 fires when ON-Bar fails to write information to the emergency boot file after an otherwise-successful backup — per the official guidance, the object won't be included in a cold restore unless the missing entry is added manually.

  1. A write failure to the emergency boot file after a successful backup, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Ask the database server administrator to insert the specified data into the ON-Bar emergency boot file, per the official guidance, or
  2. Try running onsmsync -b, per the official guidance, to regenerate the boot file.
Examples
Locating the emergency boot file
# IDS 9.2+, UNIX
$ ls $INFORMIXDIR/etc/ixbar.<dbservernum>

# IDS 9.2+, Windows
> dir %INFORMIXDIR%\etc\ixbar.<dbservernum>

# Extended Parallel Server
$ ls $INFORMIXDIR/etc/Bixbar_<hostname>.<dbservernum>
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Insert the specified data into the named emergency boot file, or run onsmsync -b to regenerate it, before attempting a cold restore.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -43050 — "Copy of old emergency bootfile saved in ." A related emergency- boot-file message, on onsmsync preserving the prior version before regenerating it.
  • -43051 — "Copy of old emergency bootfile failed." A related emergency-boot-file error, on that preservation copy itself failing.
  • -43052 — "Error parsing the emergency bootfile ." A related emergency- boot-file error, on reading a corrupted file rather than failing to write to it.

Writing to the emergency boot file failed after a successful backup — insert the specified data manually, or run onsmsync -b.