Informix Error -23616: Backup Manager Error: The set placement failed for this object.
Cause and resolution
Backup Manager Error: The set placement failed for this object.
The storage manager where the backup for an object was taken could not be determined at restore time. Make sure the storage manager configuration is the same as it was when the backup was taken.
Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance
Reasons / Common Causes
-23616 fires when the storage manager that originally took an object's backup can't be determined at restore time — per the official guidance.
- The original storage manager unidentifiable at restore time, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
- Make sure the storage manager configuration matches what it was when the backup was taken, per the official guidance.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an unresolvable storage manager at restore.
Diagnostic Checks
- Compare the current storage-manager configuration against what was in place at backup time, and restore it if it's changed.
Related Errors / Related Topics
- -23619 — "Backup Manager Error: The supplied placement does not match a configured storage manager." A related storage-manager-configuration-drift error, on the manager no longer being configured at all rather than unidentifiable.
The storage manager used for a backup couldn't be determined at restore time — restore the original storage-manager configuration.