onstat -g wai command: Print wait queue thread list

Use the onstat -g wai command to display a list of the threads in the system that are currently in the wait queue and not currently executing. The output is sorted by thread ID.

Syntax:

onstat -gwai

Example output

Figure 2: onstat -g wai command output


Waiting threads:
 tid     tcb             rstcb            prty status                vp-      name
 2       46b1ea40         0                1    IO Idle                 5lio        lio vp 0
 3       46b3dc58         0                1    IO Idle                 6pio        pio vp 0
 4       46b5dc58         0                1    IO Idle                 7aio        aio vp 0
 5       46b7cc58         0                1    IO Idle                 8msc        msc vp 0
 6       46b1ed10         460f5028         1    sleeping secs: 1        3cpu        main_loop()
 9       46d0d6e0         0                1    sleeping forever        1cpu        soctcplst
 10      46d70b48         0                1    sleeping forever        3cpu        sm_listen
 11      46e5d9a0         0                1    sleeping secs: 1        3cpu        sm_discon
 12      46e5dc70         460f5820         1    sleeping secs: 1        3cpu        flush_sub(0)
 13      46e8a5a8         460f6018         1    sleeping secs: 1        3cpu        aslogflush
 14      46fe8148         460f6810         1    sleeping secs: 41       3cpu        btscanner_0
 15      46fe84a8         0                1    IO Idle                10aio        aio vp 1
 16      46fe8778         460f7008         1    sleeping secs: 1        1cpu        onmode_mon
 36      47531960         460f7ff8         1    sleeping secs: 253      3cpu        dbScheduler
 37      47531c30         460f87f0         1    sleeping forever        4cpu        dbWorker1
 38      47491028         460f7800         1    sleeping forever        4cpu        dbWorker2

Output description

tid (decimal): Thread ID
tcb (hex): In-memory address of the thread control block
rstcb (hex): In-memory address of the RSAM thread control block
prty (decimal): Thread priority. Higher numbers represent higher priorities
status (string): Current® status of the thread
vp- (decimal and string): Virtual processor integer ID of the VP on which the thread last ran, concatenated with the name of the VP upon which the thread runs
name (string): Name of the thread