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Status Future consideration
Workspace Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 10, 2021

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Increase commits in STOSPACE

We opened a case: Contentions on SYSINDEXES during STOSPACE.

The stospace on a large stogroup causes many timeouts and deadlocks on the SYSINDEXES to a JDBC application which is the most used in our center.

The answer in the case is the following:

"STOSPACE is an utility that scans and updates the catalog heavily. STOSPACE commits only a few times after updating all tablepart and indexpart entries, and then all stogroup entries. Regarding your question about contentions with dynamic threads - like for a simple select on a user table that is getting a TIMEOUT (SQLCODE -913 / rsn00C9008E) during STOSPACE run:STOSPACE is updating SYSINDEXES (TS SYSTSIXS) and holds an exclusive LOCK. During that time readers are blocked. When a statement (like the SQL SELECT in your case) is prepared, the Optimizer is accessing CATALOG TBs like SYSINDEXES, and this could lead to contentions (DSNT376I).


Is it possible to increase the commit frequency of the Stospace?

Otherwise we cannot perform the stospace because it is a 24x7 application

Needed By Quarter
  • Admin
    Janet Figone
    Reply
    |     Sep 6, 2022

    Dear Ermanno,

    Thank you for submitting this enhancement request.

    The Db2 for z/OS development team has reviewed it and believes that the information gathered and made available by the STOSPACE utility is already available through real time statistics and other catalog data. That said, they may aim to improve commit frequency for those who choose to use STOSPACE.

    The idea has been moved to 'Future consideration'.

    Sincerely,

    The Db2 for z/OS Team

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