Thanks Rob, Most of the chunks looks like:
ASID=028F START=15A11A70 LOCATION=Extended CSA MAP= Address Offset 0-1-2-3- 4-5-6-7- 8-9-A-B- C-D-E-F- 0---4---8---C--- 15A11A70 +0 C1D9C5C1 40E6E3D9 15A104E0 00000590 ! AREA WTR.ü.É...° ! 15A11A80 +10 15A11FA8 00000000 00F3D700 80600000 ! .ü.y.....3P.Ø-.. ! 15A11A90 +20 E2F0F0F0 E3C2C5D7 D1D6C2F1 F4F9F2F2 ! S000TBEPJOB14922 ! 15A11AA0 +30 00000000 00000000 0110229F 002B665F ! ...........]..Ã^ ! 15A11AB0 +40 0110229F 002B6681 0110229F 002B66CB ! ...]..Ãa...]..Ãô ! 15A11AC0 +50 F6000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! 6............... ! 15A11AD0 +60 00008000 C5D8D8C8 15A11A80 00000000 ! ..Ø.EQQH.ü.Ø.... ! 15A11AE0 +70 00F54000 00200000 C9F4D7D4 D7F2F6F9 ! .5 .....I4PMP269 ! 15A11AF0 +80 D1D6C2F0 F9F1F9F1 00000000 00000000 ! JOB09191........ ! 15A11B00 +90 0110229F 00162824 0110229F 002B244E ! ...].......]...+ ! 15A11B10 +A0 0110229F 002B66D4 00000000 00000000 ! ...]..ÃM........ ! <snip> Suspecting an INTRDR buffer, could that be so ? (I'm submitting jobs.) One is: ASID=028F START=17F87160 LOCATION=Extended CSA MAP= Address Offset 0-1-2-3- 4-5-6-7- 8-9-A-B- C-D-E-F- 0---4---8---C--- 17F87160 +0 D6C1E2C2 F10001E8 1F670CD0 1F670CD0 ! OASB1..Y.$.å.$.å ! 17F87170 +10 02070377 02070377 02070377 00000000 ! ...Ï...Ï...Ï.... ! 17F87180 +20 00000000 031CC6CE 00000000 00000000 ! ......Fó........ ! 17F87190 +30 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! ................ ! 17F871A0 +40 00000000 00049CDC 00049CDD 17F872B8 ! ......æ~..æù.8ʽ ! 17F871B0 +50 00000040 00000001 01FF000C 00000000 ! ... ............ ! 17F871C0 +60 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! ................ ! <snip> Could this be from a control block (OASB) for unix services ? One is: ASID=028F START=00B906E0 LOCATION=CSA MAP= Address Offset 0-1-2-3- 4-5-6-7- 8-9-A-B- C-D-E-F- 0---4---8---C--- 00B906E0 +0 E2C1E540 F1000538 C2D8C9F0 F5F3F800 ! SAV 1...BQI0538. ! 00B906F0 +10 00BB1DA8 00BB60E8 210B90C8 80BA13E0 ! .|.y.|-Y..°Hج.É ! 00B90700 +20 210B9150 7F64F878 00000000 57177AB2 ! ..j&"À8Ì....ï.:¥ ! 00B90710 +30 00000000 57177C30 00000000 00000000 ! ....ï.Ö......... ! 00B90720 +40 814C9C58 00E2C1E5 7FF61784 00B90794 ! a<æì.SAV"6.d.¾.m ! 00B90730 +50 80BB1C36 A13A0020 00CAC9A0 007F7FBC ! Ø|..ü....Iµ.""¯ ! 00B90740 +60 00000094 26C25CE8 00000030 210B9150 ! ...m.B*Y......j& ! 00B90750 +70 210B90C8 007F7FBC 00000020 00BA4040 ! ..°H.""¯.....¬ ! 00B90760 +80 00BB60E8 00B906E0 80BB1840 00000000 ! .|-Y.¾.ÉØ|. .... ! 00B90770 +90 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! ................ ! 00B90780 +A0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! ................ ! 00B90790 +B0 00000000 00E2C1E5 00B90724 00B90804 ! .....SAV.¾...¾.. ! 00B907A0 +C0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! ................ ! 00B907B0 +D0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! ................ ! 00B907C0 +E0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! ................ ! 00B907D0 +F0 00000000 00000000 00000000 C4E7C3D4 ! ............DXCM ! 00B907E0 +100 C4E74040 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! DX ............ ! 00B907F0 +110 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! ................ ! 00B90800 +120 00000000 00E2C1E5 00B90794 00B90874 ! .....SAV.¾.m.¾.È ! 00B90810 +130 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! ................ ! 00B90820 +140 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! ................ ! 00B90830 +150 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! ................ ! 00B90840 +160 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! ................ ! 00B90850 +170 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! ................ ! 00B90860 +180 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! ................ ! 00B90870 +190 00000000 00E2C1E5 00B90804 00B908E4 ! .....SAV.¾...¾.U ! 00B90880 +1A0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! ................ ! <snip> 00B90C00 +520 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ! ................ ! 00B90C10 +530 00000000 000A0000 C4E75BC4 C9D94040 ! ........DXÅDIR ! 00B90C20 +540 001BC000 03E80000 00000000 C4E7C3D4 ! ..ä..Y......DXCM ! 00B90C30 +550 C4E74040 801C1240 03B00000 00000000 ! DX Ø.. .¢...... ! 00B90C40 +560 C4E7C1E4 E3E74040 801C05A0 0CA00000 ! DXAUTX Ø..µ.µ.. ! 00B90C50 +570 00000000 C4E7C1E4 E3C34040 801BC3E8 ! ....DXAUTC Ø.CY ! <snip> Some sort of saveareas ? From what ? Regards, Thomas Berg _________________________________________ Thomas Berg Specialist A M SWEDBANK > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] För Rob > Scott > Skickat: den 17 augusti 2010 16:25 > Till: [email protected] > Ämne: Re: Reamining non-reusable memory after batchjobs > > MXI is showing "orphaned" common storage - ie common storage whose owner > has terminated without correctly releasing it. > > This can be grouped into three types : > > (a) Intentional - for example some sort of "init" that leaves a control > block anchor around for later tasks (not so common these days with > "OWNER=SYSTEM" option on STORAGE OBTAIN). > (b) Release bypassed completely - maybe bug in code or address space went > away "hard" without successful cleanup processing. > (c) Release performed with incorrect length (leaving fragments around) > > I am guessing that you have either case (b) or (c). > > Prime candidates in these cases are (in order of likelyhood) : > > (1) Installation written exits (RACF,JES,SMF or TSO) > (2) Some ISV product > (3) Some IBM product > > You need to try and determine the contents of the storage to see if you > can identify the owner/purpose. > > MXI does have a "GQE" command that will show every chunk of common storage > and the ownership information - along with a point-and-shoot interface to > browse the contents - you can specify "GQE T(C-)" to limit the (rather > large) display to just orphaned CSA. > > Take a look at the chunks and see if the contents or eye-catchers make > sense. > > > > Rob Scott > Lead Developer > Rocket Software > 275 Grove Street * Newton, MA 02466-2272 * USA > Tel: +1.617.614.2305 > Email: [email protected] > Web: www.rocketsoftware.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Thomas Berg > Sent: 17 August 2010 16:06 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Reamining non-reusable memory after batchjobs > > Hi, > > Got a question from a sysprog why there is remaining memory showing > up in the MXI product from my batchjobs. (Not only from me but as > I had been busy with submitting jobs I was the most common hit.) > > I have two questions: > > 1. Why do these remaining (non-reusable) memory blocks appear after batch > jobs ? > > 2. Is this normal or an error somewhere ? > > > These batch jobs is problem state and most is compiled REXX programs. > One possible reason could be that I do calls to Changeman, a change > management > product that mainly handles application code promotes to test and > production > environments. Changeman as such have a couple of STC:s for its work. > (Is this connected with cross-memory communication ?) > But some remaining memory blocks was from the beginning of June, more that > two months old! And I know that all Changeman STC:s have been restarted > several > times since then. > > An example from the MXI output (todays result for me as he did an IPL last > night): > > Jobname JobID Date CSA E-CSA SQA E- > SQA > *TOTAL* 512408 6365616 7688 > 15552 > A000XXXR JOB27649 2010/08/17 13.57.13 1336 624 0 > 0 > A000XXXT JOB27494 2010/08/17 13.55.01 0 48944 0 > 0 > A000XXXP JOB05264 2010/08/17 02.48.26 0 4272 0 > 0 > A000XXXP JOB04389 2010/08/17 02.48.21 0 4272 0 > 0 > A000XXXP JOB03744 2010/08/17 02.48.05 0 4272 0 > 0 > A000XXXP JOB03707 2010/08/17 02.48.03 0 4272 0 > 0 > A000XXXP JOB04145 2010/08/17 02.48.19 0 4272 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB09419 2010/08/17 04.04.37 0 4272 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB03807 2010/08/17 02.49.22 0 4272 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB07761 2010/08/17 03.37.35 0 4272 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB03804 2010/08/17 02.48.08 0 4272 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB05159 2010/08/17 02.49.42 0 4272 0 > 0 > A000XXXP JOB03653 2010/08/17 02.48.01 0 4272 0 > 0 > A000XXXP JOB08116 2010/08/17 04.00.34 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB08158 2010/08/17 04.01.20 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB07692 2010/08/17 03.23.56 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB07662 2010/08/17 03.20.06 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXXP JOB09364 2010/08/17 04.02.37 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB09814 2010/08/17 04.35.02 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXXP JOB07802 2010/08/17 03.44.06 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB07534 2010/08/17 03.04.15 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB07809 2010/08/17 03.45.36 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB07528 2010/08/17 03.03.35 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB11425 2010/08/17 06.06.51 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB10583 2010/08/17 05.47.48 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB07697 2010/08/17 03.25.44 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB09473 2010/08/17 04.07.49 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB07353 2010/08/17 02.53.27 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB07660 2010/08/17 03.19.36 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXXP JOB07862 2010/08/17 03.50.25 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB07589 2010/08/17 03.09.09 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB13001 2010/08/17 07.30.29 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB10328 2010/08/17 05.11.05 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB07384 2010/08/17 02.58.43 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB07386 2010/08/17 02.58.56 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB11968 2010/08/17 06.47.55 0 2848 0 > 0 > A000XXXP JOB11432 2010/08/17 06.08.21 0 1424 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB13044 2010/08/17 07.39.03 0 1424 0 > 0 > A000XXXP JOB13063 2010/08/17 07.41.53 0 1424 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB12801 2010/08/17 07.17.50 0 1424 0 > 0 > A000XXXP JOB11716 2010/08/17 06.26.32 0 1424 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB11651 2010/08/17 06.19.35 0 1424 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB11461 2010/08/17 06.12.05 0 1424 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB13053 2010/08/17 07.40.39 0 1424 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB11676 2010/08/17 06.22.27 0 1424 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB07987 2010/08/17 03.51.52 0 1424 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB11639 2010/08/17 06.17.27 0 1424 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB11283 2010/08/17 06.03.45 0 1424 0 > 0 > A000XXXP JOB08018 2010/08/17 03.54.33 0 1424 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB14962 2010/08/17 07.59.02 0 1424 0 > 0 > A000XXXP JOB14922 2010/08/17 07.54.03 0 1424 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB12824 2010/08/17 07.18.25 0 1424 0 > 0 > A000XXX1 JOB13188 2010/08/17 07.49.36 0 1424 0 > 0 > > > > Regards, > Thomas Berg > _________________________________________ > Thomas Berg Specialist A M SWEDBANK > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
