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2717716 - "Percentage NNN is illegal" error when starting the database

Symptom

The start of the database fails with "Percentage NNN is illegal", where NNN is a number, like 901.

The dbm.prt contains error:
ERR -24870 DBMSrv ERR_PERCENTVAL_ILLEGAL: Percentage 901 is illegal
ERR -24580 DBMSrv ERR_COMMAND_FAILED: Command 'auto_extend' has ended and failed with return code -24870.


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Environment

MaxDB based solutions.

Keywords

KBA , BC-DB-SDB , MaxDB , BC-DB-LVC , liveCache , Problem

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