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Informix Error -23604

-23604 Backup Manager Error: This coserver does not support a storage manager.

An attempt was made to start an onbar_w process on a coserver where no storage manager was configured. Check the BAR_WORKER_COSVR parameters in the onconfig file to determine where onbar_w processes can execute. You can also use onstat -g bus_sm to obtain this information.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-23604 fires when starting an onbar_w process on a coserver where no storage manager is configured — per the official guidance.

  1. No storage manager configured for the targeted coserver, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check BAR_WORKER_COSVR in ONCONFIG, or use onstat -g bus_sm, per the official guidance, to determine where onbar_w can run.
Examples
Checking storage-manager placement
$ onstat -g bus_sm
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check BAR_WORKER_COSVR and onstat -g bus_sm, and target a coserver with a configured storage manager.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -23601 — "Backup Manager Error: A coserver can support at most one storage manager." A related storage-manager-configuration error, on overlapping assignment rather than a coserver having none configured.

The targeted coserver has no storage manager configured — check BAR_WORKER_COSVR/ onstat -g bus_sm.