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Informix Error -32155: tbload is locked. Remove label.lok file.

Cause and resolution

tbload is locked. Remove label.lok file.

An old label.map file is in use. Update the label.map file if necessary and remove the label.lok file to indicate your concurrence that the label.map file is indeed okay.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-32155 fires when an old label.map file is in use and tbload is locked — per the official guidance.

  1. An old label.map file is currently in use, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause; indicated by the presence of a label.lok file.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Update the label.map file if necessary, per the official guidance.
  2. Remove the label.lok file to indicate the label.map file is confirmed okay, per the official guidance.
Examples
Removing the lock file
$ rm $LABELMAPDIR/label.lok
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check whether label.map needs updating, then remove label.lok to release the lock.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -32154 — "Label.map file must be owned by DBSSO." A related label.map error, on ownership rather than the lock state.
  • -32156 — "Cannot open file." A related label.map/label.lok error, on file access rather than a stale lock.

tbload was locked by a stale label.lok file — update label.map if needed and remove label.lok.