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Informix Error -14584: CSS: CSM descriptor: link method undefined.

Cause and resolution

CSS: CSM descriptor: link method undefined.

Communication Support Services internal error.

Contact IBM Informix Technical Support or the CSM vendor and have the following information available: CSS configuration files (concsm.cfg) and sqlhosts information for both the client and the database server.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-14584 fires when Communication Support Services (CSS) hits an internal error involving an undefined CSM descriptor link method — per the official guidance.

  1. A CSM descriptor with an undefined link method, per the official guidance — no further user-actionable detail is given.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Contact IBM Informix Technical Support or the CSM vendor, per the official guidance, with the CSS configuration files (concsm.cfg) and sqlhosts information for both the client and the database server available.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented — this is reported as an internal error.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Gather the CSS configuration files and sqlhosts information for both sides of the connection before escalating.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -14588 — "CSS: CSM descriptor : CSM link type undefined." A closely related error, about the link type being undefined rather than the link method.

A CSM descriptor's link method is undefined — gather the CSS configuration and sqlhosts details and contact IBM Informix Technical Support or the CSM vendor.