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WARNING: Next backup of DBspace rootdbs must be level-0 backup

Troubleshooting


Problem

Informix prevents to executing an incremental backup.

Symptom

Incremental backups (level 1 and 2 archives) generating following warning message:

Message Log
16:14:49 WARNING: Next backup of DBspace rootdbs must be level-0 backup.

Bar Activity Log
2010-03-05 06:23:29 1038242 332230 /usr/informix/bin/onbar_d -b -w -L 1
2010-03-03 17:26:43 619080 886622 Unable to start the storage space backup:
The existing level-0 backup for DBspace rootdbs is too old to allow any incremental backup..

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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