In this blog post, let’s learn about the error message “20241 The MODIFY utility cannot perform a DROP HASH operation on the object object-name because the target partition partition-name does not have enough space for the redistribution of data.” when working with HPE NonStop SQL/MX, the reason for the error and the solution to fix this error message.
Error Message
20241 The MODIFY utility cannot perform a DROP HASH operation on the object object-name because the target partition partition-name does not have enough space for the redistribution of data.
Reason for the Error
The MODIFY DROP HASH operation failed because the remaining partitions do not have enough space for the redistribution of the dropped partition data.
Solution
Increase the maxextents of the object so that the target partitions can handle the increase in the space
