In this blog post, let’s learn about the error message “20290 The current operation on partition partition for the object object failed because a utility operation on the same partition is already in progress or has failed.” when working with HPE NonStop SQL/MX, the reason for the error and the solution to fix this error message.
Error Message
20290 The current operation on partition partition for the object object failed because a utility operation on the same partition is already in progress or has failed.
Reason for the Error
The specified partition partition is already involved in another utility operation, or a previous utility operation on the specified partition failed.
Solution
Wait until the other utility operation completes and retry the MODIFY request. If another utility operation is not running, perform a RECOVER operation on the table or index that owns the partition to clean up the failed operation. Then resubmit