Informix Error -43177: Physical restore complete. Logical restore required before work can continue. Use 'onbar -r -l' to do logical restore.

Cause and resolution

Physical restore complete. Logical restore required before work can continue. Use 'onbar -r -l' to do logical restore.

This restore was a physical-only restore, or the logical restore failed.

Perform a logical restore.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-43177 fires when a physical-only restore completes, or a logical restore attached to it failed — per the official guidance, the server can't resume normal work until a logical restore completes.

A restore that was physical-only, or whose logical phase failed, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Perform a logical restore with onbar -r -l, per the official guidance.

Examples

Performing the logical restore

$ onbar -r -l

Diagnostic Checks

Run onbar -r -l to complete the logical restore before resuming normal operations.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-43181 — "Completed logical restore." The success-completion message once the logical restore this message calls for finishes.

Physical restore is complete but a logical restore is still needed — run onbar -r -l.