You are now a member of a select club.  I had it hit on New Year's Day and
was down all weekend.  IBM knows of it, but since I was only the fourth or
fifth to be brought to a halt by the problem, I was told that the solution
was not a top priority item and the fix would come later.  I think it is
APAR IX86414.



At 04:27 PM 2/8/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Has anyone seen this before?
>
>                      BACKGROUND completed with completion state FAILURE at
>                      16:18:03.
>02/08/99   16:18:08  ANR0390W A server database deadlock situation has been
>                      encountered: lock request for transaction 0:7307576
>will
>                      be denied to resolve the deadlock.
>02/08/99   16:18:08  ANR9999D afutil.c(1016): Lock acquisition (ixLock)
>failed
>more...   (<ENTER> to continue, 'C' to cancel)
>
>                      for bitfile root 0.
>02/08/99   16:18:08  ANR0859E Data storage object erasure failure, DELETE
>                      FILESPACE process aborted.
>02/08/99   16:18:08  ANR0985I Process 9 for DELETE FILESPACE running in the
>                      BACKGROUND completed with completion state FAILURE at
>                      16:18:08.
>02/08/99   16:18:13  ANR0390W A server database deadlock situation has been
>                      encountered: lock request for transaction 0:7307585
>will
>                      be denied to resolve the deadlock.
>02/08/99   16:18:13  ANR9999D afutil.c(1016): Lock acquisition (ixLock)
>failed
>                      for bitfile root 0.
>02/08/99   16:18:13  ANR0859E Data storage object erasure failure, DELETE
>                      FILESPACE process aborted.
>02/08/99   16:18:13  ANR0985I Process 10 for DELETE FILESPACE running in
>the
>                      BACKGROUND completed with completion state FAILURE at
>                      16:18:13.
>02/08/99   16:18:19  ANR0390W A server database deadlock situation has been
>                      encountered: lock request for transaction 0:7307594
>will
>                      be denied to resolve the deadlock.
>02/08/99   16:18:19  ANR9999D afutil.c(1016): Lock acquisition (ixLock)
>failed
>                      for bitfile root 0.
>
Fred Johanson
System Administrator, ADSM
S.E.A.
University of Chicago
773-702-8464