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Informix Error -23552: The specified dbspace (%s) does not exist.

Cause and resolution

The specified dbspace (%s) does not exist.

The specified dbspace (%s) does not exist. You have issued a command to the CM system to perform an operation on the specified dbspace, but the system cannot find it.

Make sure you have identified the dbspace correctly, and that you are not using a dbslice name, or some other object name, where a dbspace name is required.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-23552 fires when a CM command targets a named dbspace the system can't find — per the official guidance.

  1. A dbspace name the CM system can't find, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Confirm the dbspace name is correct, per the official guidance, and confirm a dbslice or other object name wasn't used in its place.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an unidentifiable dbspace name.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the given name against the actual configured dbspaces, and confirm it's not a dbslice or other object name used by mistake.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -23503 — "CM error: No such dbspace." The equivalent dbspace-not-found error, phrased for a different CM request context.

A CM command couldn't find the named dbspace — check the name.