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  • 1.  Empty Sblob Chunks?

    Posted Wed August 31, 2022 08:07 PM
    IDS 12.10.FC14
    Solaris 10   1/13

    It is only in the last few months that I have had to pay much attention to smart blobs.  I admit that makes me an antedeluvian troglodyte.

    Below is part of the output of 'oncheck -pe' for a particular sbspace in one of our systems:

    Are all those hdr entries just left over from sblobs that once actually occupied space in this sbspace?
    IOW, do I conclude that all these chunks (4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12) are now completely empty of LOs, and I can those chunks?

    Thank you.

    DG


    Output from oncheck -pe:
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    Chunk Pathname Pagesize(k) Size(p) Used(p) Free(p)
    4 /opt/informix/rdsk/z_sbs1_chunk 2 5242880 see below see below

    Description Offset(p) Size(p)
    ------------------------------------------------------------- -------- --------
    RESERVED PAGES 0 2
    CHUNK FREELIST PAGE 2 1
    SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA (AREA 1) 3 2444992
    SBLOBSpace FREE META DATA 2444995 352892
    SBLOBSpace RESERVED USER DATA (AREA 2) 2797887 524286
    SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA (AREA 2) 3322173 1920707

    Total Used: 3
    Total SBLOBSpace FREE META DATA: 352892
    Total SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA: 4889985


    Chunk Pathname Pagesize(k) Size(p) Used(p) Free(p)
    5 /opt/informix/rdsk/photo_sbs1-test 2 2098176 see below see below

    Description Offset(p) Size(p)
    ------------------------------------------------------------- -------- --------
    RESERVED PAGES 0 2
    CHUNK FREELIST PAGE 2 1
    SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA (AREA 1) 3 978466
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 978469 61364
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_ud_free 1039833 32600
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 1072433 28778
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_ud_free 1101211 9068
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_ud_free 1110279 2591
    SBLOBSpace FREE META DATA 1112870 6840
    SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA (AREA 2) 1119710 978466

    Total Used: 134404
    Total SBLOBSpace FREE META DATA: 6840
    Total SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA: 1956932


    Chunk Pathname Pagesize(k) Size(p) Used(p) Free(p)
    6 /opt/informix/rdsk/photo_sbs1-test 2 4194304 see below see below

    Description Offset(p) Size(p)
    ------------------------------------------------------------- -------- --------
    RESERVED PAGES 0 2
    CHUNK FREELIST PAGE 2 1
    SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA (AREA 1) 3 1955991
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 1955994 184094
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 2140088 28779
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 2168867 69446
    SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA (AREA 2) 2238313 1955991

    Total Used: 282322
    Total SBLOBSpace FREE META DATA: 0
    Total SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA: 3911982


    Chunk Pathname Pagesize(k) Size(p) Used(p) Free(p)
    7 /opt/informix/rdsk/photo_sbs1-test 2 12582912 see below see below

    Description Offset(p) Size(p)
    ------------------------------------------------------------- -------- --------
    RESERVED PAGES 0 2
    CHUNK FREELIST PAGE 2 1
    SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA (AREA 1) 3 5868001
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 5868004 51206
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 5919210 42062
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_ud_free 5961272 13583
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 5974855 76705
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6051560 13716
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6065276 48006
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6113282 27432
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6140714 71912
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6212626 13716
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6226342 28779
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6255121 28778
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6283899 48006
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6331905 27432
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6359337 28779
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6388116 28778
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6416894 13716
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6430610 57530
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6488140 13716
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6501856 48006
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6549862 28779
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6578641 28778
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 6607419 71912
    SBLOBSpace FREE META DATA 6679331 35579
    SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA (AREA 2) 6714910 5868002

    Total Used: 811330
    Total SBLOBSpace FREE META DATA: 35579
    Total SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA: 11736003


    Chunk Pathname Pagesize(k) Size(p) Used(p) Free(p)
    11 /opt/informix/rdsk/photo_sbs1_newchunk-test 2 3500000 see below see below

    Description Offset(p) Size(p)
    ------------------------------------------------------------- -------- --------
    RESERVED PAGES 0 2
    CHUNK FREELIST PAGE 2 1
    SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA (AREA 1) 3 1632203
    blob_sbs:'informix'.LO_hdr_partn 1632206 172589
    SBLOBSpace FREE META DATA 1804795 63002
    SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA (AREA 2) 1867797 1632203

    Total Used: 172592
    Total SBLOBSpace FREE META DATA: 63002
    Total SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA: 3264406


    Chunk Pathname Pagesize(k) Size(p) Used(p) Free(p)
    12 /opt/informix/rdsk/photo_sbs1_newnewchunk-test 2 1000000 see below see below

    Description Offset(p) Size(p)
    ------------------------------------------------------------- -------- --------
    RESERVED PAGES 0 2
    CHUNK FREELIST PAGE 2 1
    SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA (AREA 1) 3 466333
    SBLOBSpace FREE META DATA 466336 67330
    SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA (AREA 2) 533666 466334

    Total Used: 3
    Total SBLOBSpace FREE META DATA: 67330
    Total SBLOBSpace FREE USER DATA: 932667

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    David Grove
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  • 2.  RE: Empty Sblob Chunks?

    Posted Sat September 10, 2022 07:51 AM

    Hi,

    Probably, try dropping the chunks.

    Regards,

    David.



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  • 3.  RE: Empty Sblob Chunks?

    Posted Sat September 10, 2022 01:38 PM
    Edited by System Admin Fri January 20, 2023 04:48 PM
    I rarely delete dbspaces or chunks of spaces.  Always nervous (although I do have current backups).

    So, if onspaces doesn't complain, and it lets me delete a chunk, then everything is A-OK, and I needn't worry.  Is that correct?  (And, in particular, this is true for sbspaces, right?)

    Thank you.

    DG

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    David Grove
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