|
Here's a strange one to watch for.Customer calls wanting disk moved around on a 520 LPAR. They have gone from 60(ish) percent full to 90(ish) in the last few weeks and dont' know why. I get there this morning and am also told 'your backup (I wrote it for them) also failed the last two Wednesdays can you check that too?'. Sure, so I hit DSPLOG starting at 2 AM After 10 minutes still input inhibit. Hmmmm. Sysop tells me he quite using DSPLOG because it takes *WAYTOOLONG. Hmmmmm (again). WRKOBJPDM QSYS/QHST* blows up with 'too many objects'. Hmmmmmmm! DSPOBJD of QHST* and a query shows 187,000 of them totaling 150+GB. Well now there's the disk space they've been missing! Oldest file is 30 days old and matches CHGCLNUP values. Whysomuch? Turns out they had a damaged device description which the system was trying to vary on, that failed with damage, then it tried to delete it but the damage made the system think it was already gone, then it tried to make a new one which failed with 'already there' then it tried to vary it on which f.... This it did right around 1,500 times per second, creating a new QHST* file every 2 or 3 seconds. For about three weeks. The backup failure turned out to be SAVSYS failing with too much stuff in QSYS!
- Larry ps: They thought the system had been running a tad sluggish as well. :-)
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].
Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.
midrange.com
