Informix Error -43011: The -f command is ignored for whole system backup/restore and fake backup.

Cause and resolution

The -f command is ignored for whole system backup/restore and fake backup.

The user entered the command options -w -f <filename> or -F -f <filename>. Because whole-system backup, whole-system restore, and fake backup affect all spaces, the backup and restore will continue and the -f <filename> option will be ignored. </filename></filename></filename>

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-43011 fires when -w -f <filename> or -F -f <filename> is given together — per the official guidance, whole-system backup/restore and fake backup affect all spaces, so -f's filename is ignored.

-f <filename> combined with -w/-F, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause; this is informational, not a failure.

Solutions / Resolution

No action is required, per the official guidance — the backup/restore continues, with the -f filename simply ignored.

Examples

N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond combining -f with -w/-F.

Diagnostic Checks

Confirm the operation is genuinely a whole-system backup/restore or fake backup, if the -f filename's exclusion list was expected to apply.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-43010 — "Bad option usage: -f option requires a filename." A related -f-option message, on the option missing its argument entirely rather than being ignored.

-f's filename is ignored for whole-system backup/restore or fake backup, since those operations affect all spaces — no action needed.