I often see this problem when running multiple DELETE FILESPACE processes.
Running one or two is okay, three maybe, but four or more large filespaces
will almost always abort for me.

> ----------
> From:         Fred Johanson[SMTP:fred AT MIDWAY.UCHICAGO DOT EDU]
> Sent:         Tuesday, February 09, 1999 9:56 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: DEADLOCK
>
> 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
>