Informix Error -43283: XBSA Error: (<error-number>) This object has not been </error-number> backed up.

Cause and resolution

XBSA Error: (<error-number>) This object has not been </error-number> backed up.

An error occurred in the storage manager application.

Refer to the storage manager message log (or equivalent) for more information. If the cause of the error is still unclear, contact your storage manager technical support. If you are using the Informix Primary Storage Manager, contact IBM Informix Technical Support.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-43283 fires when the storage manager application reports that an object hasn't been backed up — per the official guidance.

An error in the storage manager application, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause; the specific error-number identifies the condition.

Solutions / Resolution

Check the storage manager's message log (or equivalent) for more detail, per the official guidance.
If the cause is still unclear, contact the storage manager's technical support, per the official guidance — or IBM Informix Technical Support if using the Informix Primary Storage Manager.

Examples

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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a never-backed-up object.

Diagnostic Checks

Check the storage manager's message log for the underlying error, and escalate to its vendor's support (or IBM's, for the Primary Storage Manager) if unclear.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-43276 — "XBSA Error: () Backup object does not exist in Storage Manager." A related backup-existence error, where the object doesn't exist at all rather than existing but never being backed up.

The storage manager reported that this object has never been backed up — check its message log and escalate to its technical support if unclear.