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    The document discusses the issue of too few directory entries in a group buffer pool. When directory entries are reclaimed to make room for new work, it causes cross-invalidations for members with those data pages, degrading performance. The summary provides statistics like the number of directory reclaims (F) and associated cross-invalidations (G). It recommends checking the hit percentage and synchronous read counters if G is high. To address it, the group buffer pool size can be increased or the directory entry ratio adjusted.

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    The document discusses the issue of too few directory entries in a group buffer pool. When directory entries are reclaimed to make room for new work, it causes cross-invalidations for members with those data pages, degrading performance. The summary provides statistics like the number of directory reclaims (F) and associated cross-invalidations (G). It recommends checking the hit percentage and synchronous read counters if G is high. To address it, the group buffer pool size can be increased or the directory entry ratio adjusted.

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    5/1/23, 12:28 AM Too few directory entries - IBM Documentation

    Too few directory entries


    Last Updated: 2021-12-29

    When existing directory entries are being reclaimed to handle new work, cross-invalidation must occur for
    all of the members that have the particular data pages in their buffer pools, even when the data has not
    actually changed.

    For example, in the following figure, F indicates that there have been 18,281 directory reclaims.
    Figure 1. Example output of group detail statistics

    DSNB783I -DB1A CUMULATIVE GROUP DETAIL STATISTICS SINCE 15:35:23 May 17, 2002
    DSNB784I -DB1A GROUP DETAIL STATISTICS
    READS
    DATA RETURNED A = 3845
    DSNB785I -DB1A DATA NOT RETURNED
    DIRECTORY ENTRY EXISTED B = 27
    DIRECTORY ENTRY CREATED C = 28336
    DIRECTORY ENTRY NOT CREATED D = 332, 0

    DSNB786I -DB1A WRITES


    CHANGED PAGES = 20909
    CLEAN PAGES = 0
    FAILED DUE TO LACK OF STORAGE E = 8
    CHANGED PAGES SNAPSHOT VALUE = 974
    DSNB787I -DB1A RECLAIMS
    FOR DIRECTORY ENTRIES F = 18281
    FOR DATA ENTRIES = 47
    CASTOUTS = 16073
    DSNB788I -DB1A CROSS INVALIDATIONS
    DUE TO DIRECTORY RECLAIMS G = 4489
    DUE TO WRITES = 3624
    EXPLICIT = 0
    DSNB762I -DB1A DUPLEXING STATISTICS FOR GBP0-SEC
    WRITES
    CHANGED PAGES = 20909
    FAILED DUE TO LACK OF STORAGE = 8
    CHANGED PAGES SNAPSHOT VALUE = 974
    DSNB790I -DB1A DISPLAY FOR GROUP BUFFER POOL GBP0 IS COMPLETE
    DSN9022I -DB1A DSNB1CMD 'DISPLAY GROUPBUFFERPOOL' NORMAL COMPLETION

    G indicates that, because of those reclaims, 4489 cross-invalidations occurred. The pages in those
    members' buffer pools need to be refreshed when next needed, probably from disk, which can degrade
    system performance.
    If there is a high value in G , check the group buffer pool hit percentage to see if the lack of directory
    entries might be causing an excessive number of reads from disk.

    You can also check the “SYNCHRONOUS READS DUE TO BUFFER INVALIDATION” counters shown in the
    member detail report.
    https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2-for-zos/11?topic=pools-too-few-directory-entries 1/2
    5/1/23, 12:28 AM Too few directory entries - IBM Documentation

    You can increase the number of directory entries in the group buffer pool in one of two ways:
    – Increase the total size of the group buffer pool.
    – Use the ALTER GROUPBUFFERPOOL command to adjust the ratio in favor of directory entries.

    Parent topic:
    Determining the correct size and ratio of group buffer pools

    Related concepts

    Changing the size of the group buffer pool


    Group buffer pool size is too small

    Related tasks

    Changing the ratio of directory to data entries

    https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2-for-zos/11?topic=pools-too-few-directory-entries 2/2

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