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Informix Error -23603: Invalid session name.

Cause and resolution

Invalid session name.

The specified backup or restore session name is invalid. This error displays if you use an invalid session name in the onbar [off | on | -d] session_name command, onbar -q session_name command, or onutil EBR block command.

Use onstat -g bus to list the valid backup and restore session names and retry the previous command with a valid session name.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-23603 fires when an invalid backup/restore session name is used — per the official guidance, this occurs with onbar [off | on | -d] session_name, onbar -q session_name, or the onutil EBR block command.

  1. An invalid session name passed to onbar/onutil EBR block, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Use onstat -g bus to list valid session names, per the official guidance, and retry with a valid one.
Examples
Listing valid session names
$ onstat -g bus
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Run onstat -g bus to list valid backup/restore session names, and correct the command.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -23636 — "Invalid coserver ID." A related invalid-identifier error, for coserver IDs rather than session names.

An invalid backup/restore session name was used — check valid names via onstat -g bus.