2059305 - Error 942 when creating a database or object - SAP ASE

• Not possible to create a database or objects.
• Getting the following error message in the ASE log:

server  Error: 942, Severity: 20, State: 2
server  Database '<DB_NAME>' cannot be opened because the system descriptor for table ID <NUMBER> cannot be installed.

• The following or similar error messages as below can also appear:

server  Error: 8241, Severity: 21, State: 1
server  Fatal internal error encountered while instantiating DBTABLE for database '<DB_NAME_HERE>'. Database is unusable. Please contact Sybase Technical Support for assistance.

server  Error: 12324, Severity: 21, State: 1
server  In database '<DB_NAME_HERE>', the server failed to open required table 'sysusers'. Please contact Sybase Technical Support.

• SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) All Versions
• All Platforms

Database cannot be opened, cannot create database, file descriptors, ulimit, ulimit -n, number of user connections to low, number of devices , KBA , BC-SYB-ASE , Sybase ASE Database Platform (non Business Suite) , Problem