You can see CIO in the FILE-FLAG column if you run lsof +fg, e.g.: tarunx01:/home/abielewi:# /p570build/LSOF/lsof-4.76/usr/local/bin/lsof +fg /baanprd/oradat COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE FILE-FLAG DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME oracle 434222 oracle 16u VREG R,W,CIO,DSYN,LG;CX 39,1 6701056 866 /baanprd/oradat (/dev/bprdoradat) oracle 434222 oracle 17u VREG R,W,CIO,DSYN,LG;CX 39,1 6701056 867 /baanprd/oradat (/dev/bprdoradat) oracle 442384 oracle 15u VREG R,W,CIO,DSYN,LG;CX 39,1 1174413312 875 /baanprd/oradat (/dev/bprdoradat) oracle 442384 oracle 16u VREG R,W,CIO,DSYN,LG;CX 39,1 734011392 877 /baanprd/oradat (/dev/bprdoradat) oracle 450814 oracle 15u VREG R,W,CIO,DSYN,LG;CX 39,1 1174413312 875 /baanprd/oradat (/dev/bprdoradat) oracle 450814 oracle 16u VREG R,W,CIO,DSYN,LG;CX 39,1 1814044672 876 /baanprd/oradat (/dev/bprdoradat) oracle 487666 oracle 15u VREG R,W,CIO,DSYN,LG;CX 39,1 1174413312 875 /baanprd/oradat (/dev/bprdoradat You should also see O_CIO in your file open calls if you run truss, e.g.: open("/opt/oracle/rcat/oradat/redo01.log", O_RDWR|O_CIO|O_DSYNC|O_LARGEFILE) = 18 HTH, Brandon ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stuart Clowes Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:37 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: FILESYSTEMIO_OPTIONS (AIX 5.2 ML06, 9.2.0.5, JFS2) How can I confirm that FILESYSTEMIO_OPTIONS is having an effect? I an on AIX5.2 ML06; JFS2 filesystems mounted without dio or cio; and Oracle 9.2.0.5. AIO is enabled. # lsattr -El aio0 autoconfig available STATE to be configured at system restart True fastpath enable State of fast path True kprocprio 39 Server PRIORITY True maxreqs 16384 Maximum number of REQUESTS True maxservers 20 MAXIMUM number of servers per cpu True minservers 10 MINIMUM number of servers True I have trussed DBW0 (and LGWR). With DISK_ASYNCH_IO = FALSE and FILESYSTEMIO_OPTIONS=SETALL, I see kpwrite calls With DISK_ASYNCH_IO = FALSE and FILESYSTEMIO_OPTIONS=ASYNCH, I see kpwrite calls. With DISK_ASYNCH_IO = FALSE and FILESYSTEMIO_OPTIONS=NONE, I see kpwrite calls With DISK_ASYNCH_IO = TRUE and FILESYSTEMIO_OPTIONS=SETALL, I see listio64 and aio_nwait calls With DISK_ASYNCH_IO = TRUE and FILESYSTEMIO_OPTIONS=ASYNCH, I see listio64 and aio_nwait calls. With DISK_ASYNCH_IO = TRUE and FILESYSTEMIO_OPTIONS=NONE, I see listio64 and aio_nwait calls. I expected to be able to 'turn off' asynch io if DISK_ASYNCH_IO = TRUE and FILESYSTEMIO_OPTIONS=NONE. What have I missed? This is just a preliminary up to my main question, which is validating that concurrent I/O is also enabled as expected........ Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.