BTW, Dell also tried to sell us the "kool-aid" that is doesn't effect anything - we are seeing the effect (slow response, hesitation, longer run-times) on all of our machines in this class, that we haven't tweaked the BIOS settings to "non-latency". Made a world of difference on my new TSM server.
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Skylar Thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > We're seeing the same thing on some Dell m620s and r620s. It doesn't > appear to impact our performance though, it's just log spam for us. > > -- Skylar Thompson ([email protected]) > -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator > -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 > -- University of Washington School of Medicine > > On 06/21/13 11:05, Zoltan Forray wrote: > > This is a little OT but wondering if someone could help/offer some > > suggestions > > > > I was part of the way through my 5.5 -> 6.3.4 upgrade/conversion when I > > noticed the EXTRACTDB seemed to stop in its tracks. I am doing this on > my > > new server, listed above, using the latest RedHat V6 linux > > > > Since I tested this process on a low-power "test TSM server", I wandered > > what was going on. > > > > Digging in the /var/log/messages file, I noticed these strange messages > > that all started around the time the EXTRACTDB seemed to suddenly stop > > (previous testing produced a 40GB extract file - this stopped at 23GB and > > the last file update was at the time these messages were issued). > > > > Jun 21 12:54:44 hades kernel: CPU8: Package power limit normal > > Jun 21 12:54:44 hades kernel: CPU10: Package power limit normal > > Jun 21 12:54:44 hades kernel: CPU26: Package power limit normal > > Jun 21 12:54:44 hades kernel: CPU12: Package power limit normal > > Jun 21 12:54:44 hades kernel: CPU28: Package power limit normal > > Jun 21 12:54:44 hades kernel: CPU14: Package power limit normal > > Jun 21 12:54:44 hades kernel: CPU30: Package power limit normal > > > > My OS guys say they have been seeing these on other Dell servers in this > > same class. It has something to do with the (this is from Dell) hardware > > sensing a load (seriously? just doing an extractdb? What happens when > > DB2 starts running full-throttle?) and talking to the Linux kernel > telling > > it to throttle things down. It seems the extractDB process didn't like > > this and never resumed its work. > > > > So far Dell support can only offer "suggested BIOS changes" to see if > might > > help! > > > > Anyone else have these boxes and seen anything like this? Any thoughts? > > > > -- > > *Zoltan Forray* > > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator > > Virginia Commonwealth University > > UCC/Office of Technology Services > > [email protected] - 804-828-4807 > > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > > visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html > > > -- *Zoltan Forray* TSM Software & Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services [email protected] - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
