So I I upgrade my LFAREA=1M to let’s say 3M I might have a better chance

Of getting it

Thanks

Joe Reichman


On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 5:31 PM Glen Garrison <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>       This abend issued when the number of large frames, of the size
> requested, have been exhausted and the iarv64 getstor request is cond=n
> either by default or explicitly.   Lfarea frames are handed out first come
> first serve.   If by the time your request comes through there are none
> left the system will abend if it can not obtain the number needed by that
> request.   You can use the MODIFY AXR,IAXDMEM command to see what the large
> frame situation is on the system.
>        Keep in mind, 1m frames are not reserved for 1m requests.  If there
> is need of 4k frames, available 1m frames will be broken up to feed the 4k
> demand.    This can result in the iaxdmem command returning values where
> 1meg frame in use + available 1m frames is less that the total potential 1m
> frames given the lfarea specification.
>       Z/OS will reform 1m frames gradually but it is not aggressive in
> doing so.   There was way too much overhead in being aggressive in earlier
> releases of 64bit real and virtual.
>
>
> ________________________________
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> Sent: Monday, February 2, 2026 8:21 AM
> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] ABEND DC2 reason 005D
>
> Hi
>
> I’m not quite understanding this error
>
> The doc says “there were not enough large frame available in the large
> frame area for backing 2G or large pages”
>
>
> I have a 128 gb Zpdt machine with LFAREA=1M
>
> The IARV64 GETSTOR command worked for a number of months
>
> Most recently it states failing with the same number of jobs running in my
> system
>
> I I have 80 gb allocated to running Zpdt
>
> Any insights appreciated
>
> Thanks
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