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DB2 - Problem description

Problem IC87527 Status: Closed

DB2START DOES NOT REPORT AN ERROR WHEN DB2CKPWD FAILS TO START IN LOW
MEMORY LINUX SERVERS

product:
DB2 CONNECT / DB2CONNCT / A10 - DB2
Problem description:
On Linux DPF servers with less than 4GB of ram the DB2 password 
daemon (db2ckpwd) will fail to start, but 'db2start' does not 
return an error. There is something written to the db2diag.log: 
 
2012-09-19-21.42.24.552692-240 I28101E860            LEVEL: 
Severe (OS) 
PID     : 22811                TID : 140178010138368 PROC : 
db2ckpwd 1 
INSTANCE: db2inst             NODE : 001 
HOSTNAME: myhost 
EDUID   : 1                    EDUNAME: db2ckpwd 1 
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, SQO Memory Management, sqlocshr, probe:185 
MESSAGE : ZRC=0x8B0F0000=-1961951232=SQLO_NOMEM "No Memory 
Available" 
          DIA8300C A memory heap error has occurred. 
CALLED  : OS, -, shmat                            OSERR: ENOMEM 
(12) 
DATA #1 : Memory set handle, PD_TYPE_OSS_MEM_SET_HDL, 48 bytes 
0x0000000200011DE8 : 0000 0020 0200 0000 0000 0020 0200 0000 ... 
....... .... 
0x0000000200011DF8 : 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 
................ 
0x0000000200011E08 : 0000 DC0D 0000 0000 0E00 4F00 0B00 0000 
..........O..... 
DATA #2 : Pointer, 8 bytes 0x0000000220000000 
 
This APAR will cause 'db2start' to return an error when the 
db2ckpwd process fails to start.
Problem Summary:
**************************************************************** 
* USERS AFFECTED:                                              * 
* DPF Systems on Linux with minimal RAM                        * 
**************************************************************** 
* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         * 
* See Error Description                                        * 
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              * 
* Increase the amount of RAM and upgrade to DB2 10.1 FP2       * 
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Local Fix:
Increase the amount of RAM available to DB2
available fix packs:
DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 3 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 4 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 3a for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 6 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Solution
Problem first fixed in DB2 10.1 FP2
Workaround
not known / see Local fix
BUG-Tracking
forerunner  : APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following: IC95310 
follow-up : 
Timestamps
Date  - problem reported    :
Date  - problem closed      :
Date  - last modified       :
25.10.2012
27.09.2013
27.09.2013
Problem solved at the following versions (IBM BugInfos)
Problem solved according to the fixlist(s) of the following version(s)
10.1.0.3 FixList
10.1.0.3 FixList