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Informix Error -43050: Copy of old emergency bootfile saved in <filename>. </filename>

Cause and resolution

Copy of old emergency bootfile saved in <filename>. </filename>

Before regenerating the emergency boot file, onsmsync makes a copy of the previous version. In case of catastrophic failure, this message tells you the name of this copy so you can put it back in place before running onsmsync again or starting a cold restore.

You cannot take any corrective action unless onsmsync fails. If onsmsync fails to finish writing the new boot file, copy the named file back to the original location.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-43050 fires when onsmsync saves a copy of the previous emergency boot file before regenerating it — per the official guidance, this is informational, naming the copy's location in case of catastrophic failure.

  1. onsmsync regenerating the emergency boot file, per the official guidance — informational, not a failure.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. No action is required unless onsmsync subsequently fails, per the official guidance — if it fails to finish writing the new boot file, copy the named file back to the original location.
Examples
Restoring the saved copy after a failure
$ cp <filename> $INFORMIXDIR/etc/ixbar.1
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Note the named copy's location, and restore it if onsmsync subsequently fails to finish writing the new boot file.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -43049 — "Error writing to the ON-Bar emergency boot file. Before attempting a restore, insert the following into : ." A related emergency-boot-file error, on a write failure during a normal backup rather than onsmsync's own copy step.
  • -43051 — "Copy of old emergency bootfile failed." The failure case of this same preservation-copy step.

onsmsync saved a copy of the old emergency boot file before regenerating it — restore it only if onsmsync subsequently fails.