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> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Arie Kremer
> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2015 3:17 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: DB2 IFI locks a DBD for SHRD
> 
> Hi ALL,
> 
> We have a product that uses IFI 306 request to read DB2 Log content. We
> have a number of Sysplex installations that the customers reported some
> DBD SHRD lock caused by our process that could be unlocked only stopping
> the
> process:
> 
> Time of Lock................                        02:53:43.82
> 
> Lock State..................                               SHRD
> 
> Plan Name...................                            DSNACLI
> 
> Lock Elapsed Time...........                        00:20:08.50
> 
> 
> The process uses DSNACLI plan to access DB2 including IFI itself. We checked
> that all the DB2 statements had been closed, and from the time analyzing of
> the Database lock and the product log we may have seen clear that the lock is
> caused by IFI request: the product called IFI about 4 seconds before the lock
> time, and IFI returned milliseconds after the time of the lock without any
> problem indication.
> 
> 
> IFI documentation explains that IFI may have locked DBD for a short interval,
> but here we see the lock that cannot be unlocked but stopping the task.
> 
> 
> Does somebody have any idea how to manage the problem?
> 
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Arie Kremer

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