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SQL1652N File I/O error occurred on db2start

Troubleshooting


Problem

Unable to start instance and run db2iupdt

Symptom

You should see db2diag.log messages similar to following.


.
PID : 17170538 TID : 1 PROC : db2start
.
EDUID : 1
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, base sys utilities, sqleGetAddNodeLockFile, probe:20
MESSAGE : /home/midumbha/sqllib/ctrl/online.add
DATA #1 : Hexdump, 4 bytes
0x0FFFFFFFFFFF9B20 : 870F 0011 ....

and

2016-07-14-22.35.52.088514-240 I98371A470 LEVEL: Error
PID : 53877536 TID : 1 PROC : db2start
.
HOSTNAME: myhost1
EDUID : 1
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, base sys utilities, sqleGetStStLockFile, probe:12853
RETCODE : ZRC=0x870F0011=-2029060079=SQLO_PATH "an invalid path"
DIA8514C An invalid file path, "", was specified.
DATA #1 : String, 39 bytes
/home/midumbha/sqllib/ctrl/db2strst.lck

[{"Product":{"code":"SSEPGG","label":"Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Component":"Database Objects\/Config - Instance","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"9.8;9.7;10.1;10.5;11.1","Edition":"Advanced Enterprise Server;Advanced Workgroup Server;Enterprise Server;Express;Express-C;Personal;Workgroup Server","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB10","label":"Data and AI"}}]

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Modified date:
30 April 2025

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