Addressing "log pinned" condition on V6 server

2013-04-16 Thread Zoltan Forray
I have been experiencing frequent "log pinned" situations on a v6.2.5.0 server - by this I mean my monitoring program starts alerting me about the active log reaching >75% (currently at 50GB). Yes, I have identified the node causing this but want to know how to diagnose and resolve why this node i

Re: Addressing "log pinned" condition on V6 server

2013-04-16 Thread Allen S. Rout
On 04/16/2013 08:59 AM, Zoltan Forray wrote: > > The active session is only up to 222GB so it isn't volume - just one long > transaction, I guess? (reliatively) Big files, transmitted (relatively) slowly, are my most common log-pin culprit. - Allen S. Rout

Re: Addressing "log pinned" condition on V6 server

2013-04-16 Thread Zoltan Forray
But, how do you address/resolve this kind of problem? On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Allen S. Rout wrote: > On 04/16/2013 08:59 AM, Zoltan Forray wrote: > > > > The active session is only up to 222GB so it isn't volume - just one long > > transaction, I guess? > > (reliatively) Big files, tran

Re: Addressing "log pinned" condition on V6 server

2013-04-16 Thread Ehresman,David E.
We address it with a larger log file. Our is 100G. David -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 9:37 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Addressing "log pinned" co

Re: Addressing "log pinned" condition on V6 server

2013-04-16 Thread Richard Rhodes
ip'ed into a smaller file? Can the node be moved to a different TSM instance that doesn't have as much activity. Does the file even need to be backed up? Rick From: Zoltan Forray To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 04/16/2013 09:37 AM Subject: Re: Addressing "log

Re: Addressing "log pinned" condition on V6 server

2013-04-16 Thread Prather, Wanda
rom: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Rhodes Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:36 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Addressing "log pinned" condition on V6 server Most of our problems like this are SQL db backups that are one big f

Re: Addressing "log pinned" condition on V6 server

2013-04-16 Thread Zoltan Forray
uot;? > > Thanks for any info! > > Wanda > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > Richard Rhodes > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:36 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Addressing "lo

Re: Addressing "log pinned" condition on V6 server

2013-04-16 Thread Richard Rhodes
> Rick, that is interesting - > How do they accomplish "gets written in ... smaller pieces"? > > Is this some TDP tuning parameters you invoke, or is it a matter of > backing up 1 DB at a time instead of doing "backup *"? > > Thanks for any info! > > Wanda > I don't know myself, but some quick se

Re: Addressing "log pinned" condition on V6 server

2013-04-16 Thread Allen S. Rout
On 04/16/2013 09:36 AM, Zoltan Forray wrote: > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Allen S. Rout wrote: >> On 04/16/2013 08:59 AM, Zoltan Forray wrote: >>> >>> The active session is only up to 222GB so it isn't volume - just one long >>> transaction, I guess? >> >> (reliatively) Big files, transmitte

Re: Addressing "log pinned" condition on V6 server

2013-04-16 Thread Alex Paschal
Back in the day, it almost always used to be a duplex mismatch. "Get off my lawn!" :-) On 4/16/2013 6:36 AM, Zoltan Forray wrote: But, how do you address/resolve this kind of problem? On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Allen S. Rout wrote: On 04/16/2013 08:59 AM, Zoltan Forray wrote: The act

Re: Addressing "log pinned" condition on V6 server

2013-04-17 Thread Allen S. Rout
On 04/16/2013 04:58 PM, Alex Paschal wrote: > Back in the day, it almost always used to be a duplex mismatch. "Get off > my lawn!" :-) That answers the description of 'transmitted relatively slowly', now, doesn't it? :) - Allen S. Rout - Throwing down with ADSM 2.1, yo yo. ;)