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Informix Error -32792: The onutil EBR block command completed successfully.

Cause and resolution

The onutil EBR block command completed successfully.

The database server has been blocked successfully.

You need to unblock the database server before normal processing can continue.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-32792 is an informational success message — per the official guidance, the database server has been successfully blocked by onutil EBR block.

  1. onutil EBR block completed successfully, per the official guidance — not an error condition; the database server is now blocked.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Unblock the database server before normal processing can continue, per the official guidance, once the blocked-state operation (e.g. an external backup) is complete.
Examples
Unblocking the server
$ onutil
> EBR unblock
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Confirm the database server is intentionally blocked, and issue EBR unblock once the operation requiring the block is finished.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -32793 — "The onutil EBR unblock command completed successfully." The complementary success message, for unblocking rather than blocking.
  • -23636 — "Invalid coserver ID." A related onutil EBR error, on an invalid coserver ID passed to the block/unblock command.

onutil EBR block succeeded and the database server is now blocked — unblock it once the external operation is done.