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IC70178: GEIE-EDITION: ONCHECK -CI PLACES UPDATE LOCKS ON EACH DATA ROW

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • In Growth Edition an index check (oncheck -cI) places update
    locks on each data row.
    
    > oncheck -cI ge:mytab#i_mytab_id
    
    Validating index i_mytab_id for ge:informix.mytab...
          Index i_mytab_id
            Index  fragment partition dbs1 in DBspace dbs1
    
    > onstat -k
    
    IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC7W1GE -- On-Line --
    Up 00:11:49 -- 1197980 Kbytes
    
    Locks
    address   wtlist owner     lklist    type     tblsnum  rowid
    key#/bsiz
    
    ...
    44fb7c70  0      841e9bf0  44fb7bf0  HDR+U    20036c   bf3e
      0
    44fb7cf0  0      841e9bf0  44fb7c70  HDR+U    20036c   bf3f
      0
    44fb7d70  0      841e9bf0  44fb7cf0  HDR+U    20036c   bf40
      0
    44fb7df0  0      841e9bf0  44fb7d70  HDR+U    20036c   bf41
      0
    44fb7e70  0      841e9bf0  44fb7df0  HDR+U    20036c   bf42
      0
    44fb7ef0  0      841e9bf0  44fb7e70  HDR+U    20036c   bf43
      0
    44fb7f70  0      841e9bf0  44fb7ef0  HDR+U    20036c   c001
      0
     12803 active, 320000 total, 16384 hash buckets, 4 lock table
    overflows
    

Local fix

  • Customers who own a license for parallel operations might use
    GE_ALLOW_PARALLEL 1 in ONCONFIG.
    

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
    * Growth edition users                                         *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
    * Oncheck -cI will be slow.                                    *
    ****************************************************************
    * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
    * Upgrade to the latest version 11.50.xc8.                     *
    ****************************************************************
    

Problem conclusion

  • Problem fixed in version 11.50.xc8.  Oncheck -cI will be faster
    and will not consume the update locks.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IC70178

  • Reported component name

    IBM IDS ENTRP E

  • Reported component ID

    5724L2304

  • Reported release

    B15

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2010-07-25

  • Closed date

    2011-01-20

  • Last modified date

    2011-01-20

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    IBM IDS ENTRP E

  • Fixed component ID

    5724L2304

Applicable component levels

  • RB15 PSN

       UP

  • RB15 PSY

       UP

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Document Information

Modified date:
20 January 2011