DB2 - Problem description
Problem IC86534 | Status: Closed |
HEALTH MONITOR ACTIVITIES AND AUTOMATIC MAINTENANCE MAY FAIL DUE TO MEMORY LEAK/EXHAUSTION | |
product: | |
DB2 FOR LUW / DB2FORLUW / A10 - DB2 | |
Problem description: | |
On instances with volatile databases (frequently deactivating/activating), and with health monitoring and/or automatic maintenance enabled, a memory leak may occur in the memory segment supporting health monitor and automatic maintenance activities. The memory segment is a relatively small fixed size, so the concern is not the amount of memory consumed, but that these activities will start failing once the memory insides the segment becomes exhausted (it is being managed/assigned internally by DB2). A variety of symptoms may occur, such as tables statistics not being updated, which can negatively affect optimizer plans/performance. The following db2diag.log entry is an indication that the memory inside the segment is exhausted: 2011-08-19-14.18.41.245798+330 I29615875A490 LEVEL: Severe PID : 1126558 TID : 772 PROC : db2acd 0 INSTANCE: db2inst1 NODE : 000 EDUID : 772 EDUNAME: db2acd 0 FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, Health Monitor, hmonTreeResizeRequest, probe:10 MESSAGE : The health monitor shared memory segment is full. Current size 100663296, free 36800 DATA #1 : Hexdump, 4 bytes 0x0000000110518DB0 : 0000 0000 .... | |
Problem Summary: | |
**************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: * * Systems using Health Monitor or Automatic Maintenance * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: * * See Error Description * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * * Upgrade to DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 2 * **************************************************************** | |
Local Fix: | |
If possible, explicitly activate databases. This prevents the memory leak by avoiding volatility in the metadata maintained by health monitoring and automatic maintenance activities, and may generally improve performance. | |
available fix packs: | |
DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows | |
Solution | |
First fixed in DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 2 | |
Workaround | |
See Local Fix | |
Timestamps | |
Date - problem reported : Date - problem closed : Date - last modified : | 13.09.2012 17.12.2012 17.12.2012 |
Problem solved at the following versions (IBM BugInfos) | |
Problem solved according to the fixlist(s) of the following version(s) | |
10.1.0.2 | |
10.5.0.2 |