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Informix Error -43296: WARNING: BAR_TIMEOUT Storage Manager Progress may be stalled.

Cause and resolution

WARNING: BAR_TIMEOUT Storage Manager Progress may be stalled.

The current command has exceeded the BAR_TIMEOUT value. This may indicate a normal transfer of a large data set or it may mean the storage manager needs attention.

Check to make sure the storage manager is still running and that data is still being transfered to/from the storage manager. Refer to the storage manager message log (or equivalent) for more information. If the cause of the error is still unclear, contact your storage manager Technical Support. If you are using the Informix Primary Storage Manager, contact IBM Informix Technical Support.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-43296 fires when the current command exceeds BAR_TIMEOUT — per the official guidance, this may just indicate a normal transfer of a large data set, or the storage manager may need attention.

  1. A normal, expected transfer of a large data set, per the official guidance — the first named possibility, not necessarily a problem.
  2. The storage manager needing attention, per the official guidance — the second named possibility.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Confirm the storage manager is still running and data is still transferring, per the official guidance.
  2. Check the storage manager's message log (or equivalent) for more information, per the official guidance.
  3. If the cause is still unclear, contact the storage manager's technical support, per the official guidance — or IBM Informix Technical Support if using the Informix Primary Storage Manager.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond exceeding BAR_TIMEOUT.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check whether data is still actively transferring to/from the storage manager, and check its process status and message log if progress seems genuinely stalled.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -43295 — "WARNING: BAR_TIMEOUT unable to initialize connection to Storage Manager." A related BAR_TIMEOUT warning, on the connection never initializing rather than stalling after it did.
  • -43300 — "WARNING: BAR_TIMEOUT: The backup and restore filter program progress might be stalled." The same stall condition, specific to a configured backup/restore filter program rather than the storage manager connection directly.

BAR_TIMEOUT was exceeded and progress may be stalled — this can be a normal large transfer or a storage manager needing attention; confirm it's still running and transferring data.