idsdbmaint tool error message
The idsdbmaint tool might give an error message, which states that it is unable to estimate the database size. This error is related to the privileges of the instance owner.
When the idsdbmaint tool is run with root or
administrator privileges the tool inherits those privileges and therefore,
the tool is able to access a directory even if it does not have write
permissions or sufficient privileges for the directory instance owner.
The idsdbmaint tool attempts to estimate the directory
size with the privileges of the instance owner. In this case, if the
instance owner does not have sufficient privileges to run the operation,
the tool gives the following error.
GLPDBA054E Unable to estimate the database size.