Performance Issues with Dynacache Invalidation and

APARs IZ07537 and LI72602
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Abstract
APAR IZ07537 and LI72602 can cause a high CPU utilization rate and degrade site performance when the dynacache invalidation job is running.
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Problem:
If you have applied APAR IZ07537 or LI72602, you might notice high CPU utilization when there are many rows in the CACHEIVL table. There is a known issue with these APARs where the cache invalidation scheduled job ignores the last checkpoint. As a result, all invalidation records in the CACHEIVL table are run every time. Cache entries might get repeatedly invalidated which degrades overall performance.

Cause:
The following SQL statements are run against the CACHEIVL table in APARs IZ07537 and LI72602:

select CACHEIVL.TEMPLATE, CACHEIVL.DATAID, CACHEIVL.INSERTTIME from
CACHEIVL where CACHEIVL.INSERTTIME<CURRENT_TIMESTAMP order by
CACHEIVL.INSERTTIME

Instead, the dynacache invalidation job should have used the following SQL statement if a start time (last checkpoint) is present as part of the job execution parameter:

select CACHEIVL.TEMPLATE, CACHEIVL.DATAID, CACHEIVL.INSERTTIME from
CACHEIVL where CACHEIVL.INSERTTIME > ? and
CACHEIVL.INSERTTIME<CURRENT_TIMESTAMP order by
CACHEIVL.INSERTTIME

Where the parameter marker is the start time.

You can check that the start time is present with the following query:

select SCCQUERY from SCHCONFIG where SCCPATHINFO = 'DynaCacheInvalidation' and SCCACTIVE = 'A'

If a start time is specified, you will see an output similar to the following example:

startTime=1207337603000&startTimeNanos=0

Solution:
This problem (APAR LI72725) is resolved in WebSphere Commerce Fix Pack 5 (6.0.0.5) or newer. You can obtain the Fix Pack or newer from the WebSphere Commerce Fixes by version page.
Cross Reference information
Segment Product Component Platform Version Edition
Commerce WebSphere Commerce - Express General i5/OS, Linux, Windows 6.0
Commerce WebSphere Commerce Professional Edition General AIX, i5/OS, Linux, Solaris, Windows 6.0
   

Document Information

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