Informix Error -43015: Restore cannot be restarted. No unfinished restartable restore found.

Cause and resolution

Restore cannot be restarted. No unfinished restartable restore found.

The restore cannot be restarted because no restore file exists in the $INFORMIXDIR/etc or %INFORMIXDIR%\etc directory. This means that no previous restore exists or that the restore succeeded.

Use 'onbar -r' for a first-time restore.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-43015 fires when onbar -r (restart) is used but no restore file exists to restart from — per the official guidance, this means no previous restore exists, or a previous restore already succeeded.

No restore file present in $INFORMIXDIR/etc (%INFORMIXDIR%\etc on Windows), per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Use onbar -r for a first-time restore instead, per the official guidance, if no restore was previously in progress.

Examples

Restarting a restore that doesn't exist

$ onbar -r -r
Restore cannot be restarted. No unfinished restartable restore found.

$ onbar -r

Diagnostic Checks

Check $INFORMIXDIR/etc for a restore-state file, and confirm whether a prior restore actually failed partway through or already completed.

Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -43015 in this set yet.

No unfinished restore exists to restart — use a first-time restore (onbar -r) instead.