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Re: how to check if process uses async io?

 
Sergey Akifiev_1
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how to check if process uses async io?

how to check if process uses async io?
i want to make sure, that my oracle instance uses async io. i guess, there should be aio_xxx syscalls visible in glance/truss for process?
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Geoff Wild
Honored Contributor

Re: how to check if process uses async io?

Well, first off, async io will not be used on LVM - so if you are using LVM - then you don't have to worry.

Async IO is NOT supported on file systems, only on raw devices and particular volume managers like Veritas.

http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14237/initparams061.htm#sthref246

Rgds...Geoff
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tom quach_1
Super Advisor

Re: how to check if process uses async io?

Hello,

You can use these commands to check if there is any activity on async driver.

# fuser /dev/async
# lsof -p

Hope this help,
Tom
Sergey Akifiev_1
Frequent Advisor

Re: how to check if process uses async io?

2Geoff Wild: you're quite not correct about async io on filesystems and lvm. see Oracle Note:401323.1 for example.

2tom quach: on one server i see oracle processes, interacting with /dev/async, but there is no `asyncdisk' driver in kernel (according to sam. it shows OUT in all positions for this driver). imho, async io isn't used.

btw, oracle recommeds to create /dev/async with 0x000007 minor number. and i have 0x000000 minors on all servers. is it worth to recreate /dev/async with mentioned minor number?
Yogeeraj_1
Honored Contributor

Re: how to check if process uses async io?

Hi seygey,

as mentioned in the metalink note 401323.1, the minor number can be one of the following values:

0x000000 default-immediate reporting will not be used and a cache flush will be done before posting an IO operation complete
0x000001 enable immediate reporting
0x000002 flush the CPU cache after reads
0x000004 allow disks to timeout
0x000005 is a combination of 1 and 4
0x000007 is a combination of 1, 2 and 4

it is up to you to decide and check the reason for the value being 0x000000 on the other servers.

But I would prefer to use the Oracle recommended value: 0x000007

good luck!

kind regards
yogeeraj
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Geoff Wild
Honored Contributor

Re: how to check if process uses async io?

Actually - I am correct - on HP-UX async I/O can NOT be used with LVM. How do I know? Because last August I went through the same thing with my DBA's and a quick support call to HP revealed that async I/O does NOT work with LVM.

Rgds...Geoff
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Geoff Wild
Honored Contributor

Re: how to check if process uses async io?

Here's a previous thread on this topic:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1081006

Rgds...Geoff
Proverbs 3:5,6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make all your paths straight.
Sergey Akifiev_1
Frequent Advisor

Re: how to check if process uses async io?

i still think, that it is not quite correct.
we've got 'direct path read' and 'direct path write' events in oracle's v$* views after turning async io on.
that DB is using raw devices which are under LVM management.
also oracle document A97297_01 telling, that oracle 9i _IS_ using async io and all of features of HP asyncdsk driver.