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Informix Error -43300: WARNING: BAR_TIMEOUT: The backup and restore filter program progress might be stalled.

Cause and resolution

WARNING: BAR_TIMEOUT: The backup and restore filter program progress might be stalled.

The current command has exceeded the amount of time specificed by the BAR_TIMEOUT configuration parameter. This can indicate a slow filter program, the transfer of a large data set, or it can mean that the storage manager needs attention. .ACTION Make sure the storage manager is still running and that data is still being transfered to or from the storage manager. Review the storage manager message log or the log file for the filter. If the cause of the error is still unclear, contact your storage manager or Technical Support for your filter. If you are using the Informix Primary Storage Manager, contact IBM Informix Technical Support.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-43300 fires when the current command exceeds BAR_TIMEOUT while a backup/restore filter program is in use — per the official guidance, this can indicate a slow filter, the transfer of a large data set, or the storage manager needing attention.

  1. A slow filter program, per the official guidance — the first named possibility.
  2. A normal, expected transfer of a large data set, per the official guidance — the second named possibility.
  3. The storage manager needing attention, per the official guidance — the third named possibility.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Confirm the storage manager is still running and data is still transferring, per the official guidance.
  2. Review the storage manager's message log, or the filter's own log file, per the official guidance.
  3. If the cause is still unclear, contact the storage manager's support or the filter'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 with a filter in use.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check whether data is still transferring, review the filter's own log and the storage manager's message log, and escalate if the cause remains unclear.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -43296 — "WARNING: BAR_TIMEOUT Storage Manager Progress may be stalled." The same stall condition, specific to the storage manager connection directly rather than a configured backup/restore filter program.

BAR_TIMEOUT was exceeded and the backup/restore filter's progress may be stalled — check the filter's log and the storage manager's status.