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Informix Error -43051: Copy of old emergency bootfile failed.

Cause and resolution

Copy of old emergency bootfile failed.

Before regenerating the emergency boot file, onsmsync makes a copy of the previous version. If this copying process fails, then this message is produced. An operating-system error should be written in the activity log.

Try to correct the operating-system error. ON-Bar will continue to regenerate the new emergency boot file.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-43051 fires when onsmsync's attempt to copy the previous emergency boot file (before regenerating it) fails — per the official guidance, an operating-system error should appear in the activity log.

  1. An operating-system error during the preservation copy, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Correct the operating-system error reported in the activity log, per the official guidance — onsmsync continues to regenerate the new boot file regardless.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond the preservation copy failing; check the activity log for the underlying OS error.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the ON-Bar activity log for the operating-system error, and correct it (e.g. disk space, permissions).
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -43050 — "Copy of old emergency bootfile saved in ." The success case of this same preservation-copy step.

The preservation copy of the old emergency boot file failed — check the activity log for the underlying OS error; onsmsync continues regenerating the new file regardless.