Informix Error -43393: Storage space <storage space=""> is down and cannot be backed up. </storage>

Reasons / Common Causes

-43393 fires when a backup targets a storage space that's down — per the official guidance, only online spaces can be backed up.

1. The named storage space being down (off-line), per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Bring the storage space online and retry the backup, per the official guidance.

Examples

Bringing a storage space online

$ onspaces -s <space-name> -O

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check the named storage space's status, and bring it online before retrying the backup.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -43392 — "One or more BLOBspaces are down. Log backup has been aborted." A related down-space error, specific to BLOBspaces aborting a log backup rather than a general storage-space backup.
• -43394 — "Storage space is not down so it will not be restored." The opposite condition — a space skipped from restore because it's already online.

The named storage space is down and can't be backed up — bring it online and retry.