IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Application Diagnostics, Version 7.1.0.1

HP-UX - J2EE Agent

Several HP-UX kernel values are typically too small for the application server.

To adjust the kernel values:

  1. Log into the host computer as root.

  2. Determine the physical memory, which know to avoid setting certain kernel parameters above the physical capacity:

    1. Start the HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) utility: 
      sam
      This starts a text-based GUI interface. Use tab and arrow keys to move around in the interface.

    2. Select Performance Monitors > System Properties > Memory.

    3. Note the value for Physical Memory and click OK.

    4. Exit from the SAM utility.

  3. Set the maxfiles and maxfiles_lim parameters to at least 4096. Table 1 shows recommended values of 8000 and 8196, respectively. You must first edit the /usr/conf/master.d/core-hpux file, so the SAM utility can set values greater than 2048:

    1. Open the /usr/conf/master.d/core-hpux file in a text editor.

    2. Change the line, "*range maxfiles<=2048" to "*range maxfiles<=60000"

    3. Change the line, "*range maxfiles_lim<=2048" to "*range maxfiles_lim<=60000"

    4. Save and close the file. Old values might be stored in the /var/sam/boot.config file. Force the SAM utility to create a new boot.config file:

      1. Move the existing version of the /var/sam/boot.config file to another location, such as the /tmp directory.

      2. Start the SAM utility.

      3. Select Kernel Configuration > Configurable Parameters. When the Kernel Configuration window opens, a new boot.config file exists.

        Alternatively, rebuild the boot.config file with the following command: 

        # /usr/sam/lbin/getkinfo -b

  4. Set new kernel parameter values:

    1. Start the SAM utility.

    2. Click Kernel Configuration > Configurable Parameters.

    3. For each of the parameters in the following table, perform this procedure:

      1. Highlight the parameter to change.

      2. Click Actions > Modify Configurable Parameter.

      3. Type the new value in the Formula/Value field.

      4. Click OK.

    Typical kernel settings for running the application server are displayed in the following table:


    Typical Kernel settings for Running the Application Server

    Parameter Value
    dbc_max_pct 25
    maxdsiz 805306358
    maxdsiz 2048000000 (when running multiple profiles on the same system)
    maxfiles_lim 8196 (Change this one before maxfiles.)
    maxfiles 8000
    maxssiz 8388608
    maxswapchunks 8192
    max_thread_proc 3000
    maxuprc 512
    maxusers 512
    msgmap 2048
    msgmax 65535
    msgmax 131070 (when running multiple profiles on the same system)
    msgmnb 65535
    msgmnb 131070 (when running multiple profiles on the same system)
    msgmni 50
    msgseg 32767
    msgssz 32
    msgtql 2046
    nfile 58145
    nflocks 3000
    ninode 60000
    nkthread 7219
    nproc 4116
    npty 2024
    nstrpty 1024
    nstrtel 60
    sema 1
    semaem 16384
    semmap 514
    semmni 2048
    semmns 16384
    semmnu 1024
    semume 200
    semvmx 32767
    shmmax 2147483647
    shmem 1
    shmmni 1024
    shmseg 1024
    STRMSGSZ 65535

    When the application server and DB2 are on the same server, some kernel values are higher than those shown in the preceding table.

  5. Click Actions > Process New Kernel.

  6. Click Yes on the information window to confirm your decision to restart the server. Follow the on-screen instructions to restart your server and to enable the new settings.

  7. If you plan to redirect displays to non-HP servers before running the application server installation wizard:

    1. Issue the following command to obtain information about all the public locales that are accessible to your application: 
      # locale -a

    2. Choose a value for your system from the output that is displayed and set the LANG environment variable to this value. Here is an example command that sets the value of LANG to en_US.iso88591: 
      # export LANG=en_US.iso8859


Parent topic:

HP-UX and Solaris: Kernel settings for application servers

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