HIGH GETPAGES

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CA Bind Analyzer for DB2 for z/OS CA Detector CA SQL-Ease for DB2 for z/OS CA Sysview Performance Management Option for DB2 for z/OS CA Database Detector for DB2 for z/OS CA Plan Analyzer for DB2 for z/OS CA Subsystem Analyzer for DB2 for z/OS

Issue/Introduction

What are the causes for High Getpage Activity?

Environment

Release:
Component: PDT

Resolution

High getpage activity means that DB2 is reading a lot of pages to satisfy SQL requests. This generally points to an index tuning opportunity or the fact that RUNSTATS may not have been run causing DB2 to choose the wrong access path to the data.