Error "-908: Attempt to connect to database server (<dbservername>) failed. Bad file number" when connecting to the database after restart of the instance.

Troubleshooting

Problem

After restarting the database instance, connection attempts to the database server return error -908 Bad file.

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Document Information

More support for:
Informix Servers

Software version:
11.7, 11.5, 11.1

Operating system(s):
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris

Document number:
482739

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21616009

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