Posted by This is an issue I’m currently seeing on about 2 out of 3 9.7 databases. First, a little background. My reorg script determines if reorgs are needed using reorgchk formulas, and the last couple of weeks, it has picked up the unformatted event monitor tables and done inplace reorgs on them. The servers where I’m seeing this are running 9.7 Fix Pack 4.
The issue is that the online reorg on the unformatted event monitor table never completes. The first time it happened, it had been running for 5 days before I realized it. I’ve got a PMR open with support to figure it out. The first thing they asked (and one of the first things I checked) was that LOCKTIMEOUT was set – and it is at 45. If you don’t have LOCKTIMEOUT set and have a hanging reorg, it could be related to that.
To find any active inplace (online) reorgs that you have running, use:
> db2 "select snapshot_timestamp, reorg_start, substr(table_name,1,18) as table_name, REORG_CURRENT_COUNTER, REORG_MAX_COUNTER, REORG_TYPE, REORG_STATUS from table(SNAPSHOT_TBREORG('$db_name', -1)) as tab_reorg where reorg_status=1"
SNAPSHOT_TIMESTAMP REORG_START TABLE_NAME REORG_CURRENT_COUNTER REORG_MAX_COUNTER REORG_TYPE REORG_STATUS
-------------------------- -------------------------- ------------------ --------------------- -------------------- ----------- ------------
2012-02-21-18.15.10.326758 2012-02-18-00.04.23.274071 MY_LOCKS 0 9 268500992 1
1 record(s) selected.
You can also get the same information from a table snapshot:
> db2 get snapshot for tables on dbname
...
Table Schema = DBA
Table Name = MY_LOCKS
Table Type = User
Data Object Pages = 10
LOB Object pages = 1
Rows Read = 492
Rows Written = 8
Overflows = 0
Page Reorgs = 0
Table Reorg Information:
Reorg Type =
Reclaiming
Inplace Table Reorg
Allow Write Access
Reorg Index = 0
Reorg Tablespace = 9
Start Time = 02/18/2012 00:04:23.274071
Reorg Phase =
Max Phase =
Phase Start Time =
Status = Started
Current Counter = 0
Max Counter = 9
Completion = 0
End Time =
Notice that the reorg type from SNAPSHOT_TBREORG is a bit odd there. But both sources clearly show the reorg is in progress. The table here has about 500 rows in it. Am I particularly concerned about this one unformatted event monitor table getting reorged? No. But I am concerned about making sure that this doesn’t gum up my reorgs over time. I’m hoping to hear from support either that there is a known issue here, or that I simply shouldn’t attempt to reorg this type of table. Either I can script around rather easily, but wanted to make sure the issue was out there so that others didn’t end up with silent reorg failures or aren’t surprised to find a days-long reorg in their own environment.
