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2075515 - Error: Backup device is busy - SAP IQ

Symptom

  • The SAP IQ Database server shutdown due to startup error:

"Error: Backup device is busy /dev/rhdiskpower14 -- (hos_ion.cxx 177)"

  • From IQ Writer Server SRVLOG file you can see the following:

...
I. 09/18 16:20:42. 49152K of memory used for caching
I. 09/18 16:20:42. Minimum cache size: 49152K, maximum cache size: 262144K
I. 09/18 16:20:42. Using a maximum page size of 4096 bytes
I. 09/18 16:20:42. IPv6 support enabled
I. 09/18 16:20:42. Starting database "xxxvp0" (/xxxiqcomp/xxxvp0/iqmsg/xxxvp0.db) at Thu Sep 18
E. 09/18 16:20:44. Error: Backup device is busy /dev/rhdiskpower14
-- (hos_ion.cxx 177)
E. 09/18 16:20:44. Backup device is busy /dev/rhdiskpower14
-- (hos_ion.cxx 177)
I. 09/18 16:20:44. Database server shutdown due to startup error
I. 09/18 16:20:44. Disallowing new connections
I. 09/18 16:20:44. Shutting down databases
I. 09/18 16:20:44. Completing server shutdown
I. 09/18 16:20:44. Database server stopped at Thu Sep 18 ...
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Environment

SAP IQ 15.4

Product

SAP Sybase IQ 15.4

Keywords

startup error, hos_ion.cxx 177, alter dbspace , KBA , BC-SYB-IQ , Sybase IQ , Problem

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