Fixes are available
APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
OS returns EIO error when DB2 tries to attach to the instance, which requires locking of the instance seed file. If the seed file is somehow unavailable, the following db2diag.log message may appear. An example of instance attachment would be ATTACH TO command as well as GET DBM CFG SHOW DETAIL. 2009-02-05-09.06.26.597549-300 E802279E500 LEVEL: Warning (OS) PID : 31700 TID : 183046802080PROC : db2agent (idle) 1 INSTANCE: db2inst1 NODE : 001 APPHDL : 1-1068 APPID: AA123456.1234.0123456789 FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, oper system services, sqloflock, probe:100 MESSAGE : ZRC=0x860F0003=-2045837309=SQLO_DERR "disk error occurred (DOS)" DIA8402C A disk error has occurred. CALLED : OS, -, fcntl OSERR: EIO (5) Please note that this is not a severe error. Databases will function normally, and only the instance attachment may fail. Also, this error message may happen in other normal situations where DB2 was unable to lock a file. The APAR fix will remove the need of seed file locking.
Local fix
Try to attach to the instance later.
Problem summary
OS returns EIO error when DB2 tries to attach to the instance, which requires locking of the instance seed file. If the seed file is somehow unavailable, the following db2diag.log message may appear. An example of instance attachment would be ATTACH TO command as well as GET DBM CFG SHOW DETAIL. This is not a severe error. Databases will function normally, only the instance attachement can fail. This can be tried later again.
Problem conclusion
The APAR fix will remove the need to lock the seed file. First Fixed in db2 v9.1 FP8
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
IZ46871
Reported component name
DB2 DPF
Reported component ID
5724N7400
Reported release
910
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt
Submitted date
2009-03-18
Closed date
2009-11-16
Last modified date
2009-11-16
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
Fix information
Fixed component name
DB2 DPF
Fixed component ID
5724N7400
Applicable component levels
R910 PSY
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Document Information
Modified date:
04 October 2021