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db2start fails with SQL1042 and SQL1032

Troubleshooting


Problem

db2start fails with SQL1042 and SQL1032 because "Cannot load the specified library" is returned.

Symptom


C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB\BIN>db2start
DB2-0 : The service has returned a service-specific error code.
 
03/01/2020 20:00:22 0 0 SQL1042C An unexpected system error occurred.
SQL1032N No start database manager command was issued. SQLSTATE=57019


db2diag.log returns:

2020-01-01-20:00.42.887000+000 I83858F1129          LEVEL: Error
PID     : 1234                 TID : 1234          PROC : db2syscs.exe
INSTANCE: DB2                  NODE : 000
HOSTNAME: TEST
EDUID   : 1234                 EDUNAME: db2sysc 0
FUNCTION: DB2 Common, Cryptography, cryptDynamicLoadGSKitCrypto, probe:998
MESSAGE : ECF=0x90000076=-1879048074=ECF_LIB_CANNOT_LOAD
          Cannot load the specified library
DATA #1 : unsigned integer, 4 bytes
70
DATA #2 : String, 47 bytes
C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\SQLLIB\bin\icc64\gsk8sys_64.dll 

[{"Product":{"code":"SSEPGG","label":"Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Component":"Security \/ Plug-Ins - IBM Suplied\/Default","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"9.7;9.5;10.1;10.5;11.1","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB10","label":"Data and AI"}}]

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Modified date:
01 May 2025

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