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Informix Error -43052: Error parsing the emergency bootfile <filename>. </filename>

Cause and resolution

Error parsing the emergency bootfile <filename>. </filename>

ON-Bar and onsmsync read information about backups from the emergency boot file for various reasons. The emergency boot file might be corrupt.

ON-Bar and onsmsync will ignore corrupted backup entries while parsing the emergency boot file. Contact IBM Informix Technical Support.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-43052 fires when ON-Bar/onsmsync can't parse the emergency boot file while reading backup information — per the official guidance, the file might be corrupt.

  1. The emergency boot file being corrupted, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. ON-Bar/onsmsync ignore corrupted backup entries while parsing, per the official guidance — the operation continues regardless.
  2. Contact IBM Informix Technical Support, per the official guidance.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a parse failure on the named emergency boot file.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the named emergency boot file for corruption, and escalate to IBM Informix Technical Support.
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 writing to the file rather than parsing it.

The emergency boot file couldn't be parsed, likely due to corruption — corrupted entries are ignored automatically; contact IBM Informix Technical Support.