Informix Error -14586: CSS: CSM descriptor: nameless CSM!
Cause and resolution
CSS: CSM descriptor: nameless CSM!
A Communications Support Module descriptor does not specify the Communications Support Module name.
Check CSS configuration file, and the CSM option field in the sqlhosts file.
Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance
Reasons / Common Causes
-14586 fires when a Communications Support Module (CSM) descriptor doesn't specify the CSM's name — per the official guidance.
- A CSM descriptor with no CSM name, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
- Check the CSS configuration file, and the CSM option field in the
sqlhostsfile, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A
No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a nameless CSM descriptor.
Diagnostic Checks
- Check the CSM descriptor in
concsm.cfgfor a missing name field.
Related Errors / Related Topics
- -14502 — "CSS: CSM
not found." A related missing-CSM error, about a named CSM that can't be located rather than a descriptor with no name at all. - -14551 — "CSS: CSM: no CSM name specified." A related missing-name error, in the
sqlhostsCSM option field rather than a CSS configuration file descriptor. - -14581 — "CSS: CSM descriptor: syntax error." A related descriptor error, about a syntax error generally rather than specifically a missing name.
A CSM descriptor doesn't specify a name — check concsm.cfg for the missing name field.