ANTAS00* ASIDs consuming excessive storage below 2GB

When running close to the real storage installation, you may experience messages indicating storage shortages on SDM LPARs. Because SDM address spaces use a large amount of fixed storage, the SDM address spaces will always report first in the IRA404I messages as users of large amounts of storage.

Symptoms

Error messages reported:
  • IRA400E 04,PAGEABLE STORAGE SHORTAGE
  • IRA404I ANTAS00x ASID 00xx OWNS 0000###### PAGES, 0000###### FIXED, 0000###### FIXED IN SHORTAGE AREA
  • IRA401E 04,CRITICAL PAGEABLE STORAGE SHORTAGE (sometimes)

How to investigate

If you aren't witnessing a *IEA602I ADDRESS SPACE CREATE FAILED message, then this can be considered only a warning until storage is adjusted.

F ANTAS000,DUMP (generates dump, gathering storage usage from all address spaces)
Note: If no impact to environment, and only warnings are displayed, follow-up during next business day.
What to send:
  • DUMPs (Generated by previous command, from all address spaces)
  • SYSLOG (Including timestamps leading up to and from reported error)

Recovery actions

Reduce storage demand by terminating job tasks until shortage is relieved.

Actions to avoid recurrence