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Informix Error -14502: CSS: CSM <csm-name> not found. </csm-name>

Cause and resolution

CSS: CSM <csm-name> not found. </csm-name>

Communication Support Services could not locate a Communications Support Module with the given name.

Check the Communications Support Module definition in the concsm.cfg file, and the CSM option field in the sqlhosts file.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-14502 fires when Communication Support Services (CSS) can't locate a Communications Support Module (CSM) with the given name — per the official guidance.

  1. A CSM name referenced in sqlhosts that isn't defined in the CSS configuration, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check the CSM definition in the concsm.cfg file, and the CSM option field in the sqlhosts file, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a missing CSM definition.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check concsm.cfg and the sqlhosts CSM option field for the named CSM, and confirm the names match exactly.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -14583 — "CSS: CSM descriptor: CSM not defined." A related missing-CSM error, from within a cascade descriptor rather than a direct sqlhosts reference.
  • -14586 — "CSS: CSM descriptor: nameless CSM!" A related CSM-descriptor error, about a descriptor missing its name entirely rather than naming an undefined CSM.

CSS couldn't find the named CSM — check concsm.cfg and the sqlhosts CSM option field for a name mismatch.