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Partition contains no data, but takes up space. Why?
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dejunzhu

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:19 pm
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Below is the space status of my partitioned tablespace, which has been defined as 22 partitions.
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Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> CSR
                                                                             
Command - Enter "/" to select action                  Tracks %Used XT  Device
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         CATA01.DSNDBD.TESTDB01.TBEMPC.I0001.A001     12510    ?   2  3390 
         CATA01.DSNDBD.TESTDB01.TBEMPC.I0001.A002     12510    ?   2  3390 
         CATA01.DSNDBD.TESTDB01.TBEMPC.I0001.A003     12510    ?   2  3390 
         CATA01.DSNDBD.TESTDB01.TBEMPC.I0001.A004     12510    ?   2  3390 
         CATA01.DSNDBD.TESTDB01.TBEMPC.I0001.A005     12510    ?   1  3390 
         CATA01.DSNDBD.TESTDB01.TBEMPC.I0001.A006     12510    ?   2  3390 
         CATA01.DSNDBD.TESTDB01.TBEMPC.I0001.A007     12510    ?   2  3390 
         CATA01.DSNDBD.TESTDB01.TBEMPC.I0001.A008     12510    ?   2  3390 
         CATA01.DSNDBD.TESTDB01.TBEMPC.I0001.A009     12510    ?   2  3390 
         CATA01.DSNDBD.TESTDB01.TBEMPC.I0001.A010     12510    ?   2  3390 
         CATA01.DSNDBD.TESTDB01.TBEMPC.I0001.A011     12510    ?   2  3390 
         CATA01.DSNDBD.TESTDB01.TBEMPC.I0001.A012     12510    ?   2  3390 
         CATA01.DSNDBD.TESTDB01.TBEMPC.I0001.A013     12510    ?   2  3390 
         CATA01.DSNDBD.TESTDB01.TBEMPC.I0001.A014     12510    ?   2  3390 


when I unload data from partition 6, I found the partition contains no data. In other words, only partition 1-5 contain data.
I do not understand since partition 6 to 22 contain no data, why it takes as much space (12510 tracks) as the first 5 partitions?[/quote]
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gylbharat

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:42 pm
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May be the pertitions were containing some data initially and now it has been deleted. Try running a reorg and then check the space.
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GuyC

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:44 pm
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PRIQTY
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dejunzhu

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 6:06 am
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GuyC wrote:
PRIQTY


I use the same PRIQTY and SECQTY for the whole tablespace, but why all partitions except the 5th partition all have extention number 2?

by the way, below is part of the definition:
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PRIQTY 600000   
SECQTY 60000   
.

I'm using the virtual host environment instead of a real host.
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enrico-sorichetti

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:39 am
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but why all partitions except the 5th partition all have extention number 2?


after so much time You should know that the correct term is EXTENT
the number of extents is related only to the fragmentation status of the volume ( amount of space available in contiguous EXTENTS )

once You ask a certain amount of space You might get it in a single extent or multiple extents
nothing You can do about it, and not a symptom of malfunction in se.

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I'm using the virtual host environment instead of a real host.

apart the foggy meaning of the sentence how does that relate to the dasd extents allocated to a dataset?
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