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Informix Error -23528: CM error: Logslice already exists.

Cause and resolution

CM error: Logslice already exists.

A user attempted to create a logslice when a logslice of that name already exists.

Select a name that is not in use and resubmit the request using the new name, or drop the existing logslice and resubmit the request using the same name.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-23528 fires when creating a logslice whose name is already in use — per the official guidance.

  1. A logslice already using the requested name, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Select an unused name and resubmit, per the official guidance, or
  2. Drop the existing logslice and resubmit using the same name, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a name collision.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check whether a logslice already uses the requested name, and choose a different name or drop the existing one.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -23527 — "CM error: No such logslice." The mirror-image error, on a logslice name not found rather than a name collision.

A logslice with the requested name already exists — choose a different name or drop the existing one.