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Autonomic request flow manager custom properties


You can use the following custom properties to change the behavior of the autonomic request flow manager (ARFM). Some custom properties are set on deployment targets. Unless otherwise specified, create these custom properties on the cell using the following steps:

  1. In the administrative console, click System administration > Cell > Custom properties > New .

  2. Enter the name of the custom property.

  3. Use this topic as guidance for entering the value of the custom property.

  4. Click Apply and save your changes.
In some cases, you set the value on the node:

  1. Click System administration > Nodes > node_name > Custom properties > New.

  2. Enter the name of the custom property.

  3. Use this topic as guidance for entering the value of the custom property.

  4. Click Apply and save your changes.

arfmIgnoreDialogsForCpu

You can set this custom property to true so that the ARFM ignores the dialog structure for the purposes of CPU overload protection. Every incoming message is subject to admission control.

Valid values Boolean
Default False
arfmManualAllocation

You can specify this custom property on a deployment target to put ARFM into manual mode when the custom property arfmMode is not set to manual. The value of the property is a string in a syntax that allows expression of allocations.

Valid values String
Default no default
arfmMode

You can use this custom property to specify the operating mode of the ARFM. In automatic mode, the ARFM has an autonomic controller that adjusts the dispatching priority of requests from the on demand routers to the servers and sends the placement controller information about the computational needs for the various dynamic clusters. In manual mode, you can override the autonomic controller with administrative settings.

Valid values Manual, Automatic
Default Automatic
CPUAdjustment

You can set this custom property on nodes that are on hyperthreaded computers. When the CPUAdjustment custom property is specified on a node, a correction function to apply to processor utilization readings is specified for that node. This function is applied to the processor utilization that is reported by the operating system, and yields a more accurate utilization measure.

Valid values String
Default no default
goodServiceTimeLimitSpec

Specify the goodServiceTimeLimitSpec custom property to indicate a value that is multiplied by the response time threshold to determine the fine-grained timeout threshold. Use a goodServiceTimeLimitSpec custom property when configuring the ARFM. The default value of one minute for determining timeouts is used if goodServiceTimeLimitSpec or timeoutFactor is not set. To override the default, set this custom property to customize the value for different levels of granularity. For example, service class, application, or module. To create a general rule of 5 minutes, create the custom property and set the value to "*:*:*:*:*=300" where the last part is the timeout value of 300 seconds. The timeout value is a decimal number, not necessarily a whole number, and is in units of seconds.

Valid values Decimal number in unit of seconds
Default no default
magicNMode

You can set this custom property when ARFM is in automatic mode. When in automatic mode, concurrency limiting is performed according to one of two criteria, depending if the magicNMode custom property is enabled. When Magic N mode is enabled, the total number of requests that are running concurrently at any given time is limited to a certain total. In normal mode, the total number of requests depends on the use of processor power on the nodes.

Valid values Boolean
Default false
magicN

You can use this custom property when ARFM is in Magic N Mode, to the limit on the total number of concurrent requests. If this property is not defined, a reasonable limit is estimated from other data.

If you are using the reasonable limit estimation, the limit on the total number of concurrent requests for a cell is the sum of a contribution from each node in the cell. The contribution from a node is the average, over the running application servers on that node, of the maximum size of the thread pool of the Web container on that application server.

Valid values A positive integer defines the number of concurrent requests. To use the reasonable estimate, set the property value to a negative number or delete the custom property.
Default -1
maxHttpLiveRequests

You can use this custom property to define the maximum number of requests that are targeted for a particular cell, that might be anywhere in the cell. That is, either queued in an ODR or running on an application server at a given time.

Valid values integer
Default no default
node.speed

You can use this property to define the node speed in MHz. Set the value to the processor speed, multiplied by the number of processors on a multi-processor node. Set this custom property on the node.

Valid values A floating point number that represents the number of MHz of the reference instruction set.
Default no default
node.memory

You can use this property to specify the available RAM defined in megabyte units on a node. Set this custom property on the node. Although this value is determined automatically, you can override the value.

Valid values A number of megabytes
Default no default
node.numCPUs

You can use this custom property to specify the number of processors on a multi-processor node. This value is automatically determined, but you can override the value. Set this custom property on the node.

Valid values Integer that represents the number of processors
Default no default
timeoutFactor

Specify the timeoutFactor custom property to indicate a value that is multiplied by the response time threshold to determine the fine-grained timeout threshold. Use a timeoutFactor custom property when configuring the ARFM. The timeoutFactor value is multiplied by the response time threshold to yield the fine-grained timeout threshold. This fine-grained timeout threshold is one of three different factors that the ARFM uses to determine that a running request has timed out. The running request has timed out when one of the following factors is true:

  • The proxy framework indicates the request timed out.

  • The request reply includes a special HTTP header that indicates that the internal application timed out.

  • The service time exceeds the fine-grained timeout value.
Valid values Decimal representation of a floating point number
Default no default
useODRs

Specifies if the work profiler and placement controller rely on the services of the ODR servers.

Valid values Boolean
Default true




Related tasks

Configure the autonomic request flow manager
Configure the autonomic managers
Dynamic operations environment
Autonomic request flow manager advanced custom properties

 

Related reference


Autonomic request flow manager cell-wide custom properties