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тАО10-03-2001 05:58 AM
тАО10-03-2001 05:58 AM
After that I see this message appearing in the /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log file :
beksaunx vmunix: file: table is full
Doesn't look healthy to me ? What can I do ?
Franky
Solved! Go to Solution.
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тАО10-03-2001 06:08 AM
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тАО10-03-2001 06:10 AM
тАО10-03-2001 06:10 AM
Re: vmunix: file: table is full
If you are seeing this on a regular basis, you probably need to increase nfile.
Remember that increasing any kernel parameter requires a reboot in order for the change to take effect.
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тАО10-03-2001 06:11 AM
тАО10-03-2001 06:11 AM
Re: vmunix: file: table is full
Your kernel parameter 'nfile' needs to be increased. This parameter limits the number of open files you can have, system-wide. You can follow it with 'sar -v 5 10' which will report 10 samples, 5-seconds apart for your file (nfile) table among others. See the man pages for 'sar' for more information.
You can also track 'nfile' utilization with the [t]able action in 'glance'.
For more information on 'nfile', see:
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/os/KCparam.Nfile.html
Regards!
...JRF...
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тАО10-03-2001 06:11 AM
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Re: vmunix: file: table is full
You reached the maximum number of open files limit. Increase the nfile kernel parameter using SAM-kernel configuration-configurable parameters.
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тАО10-03-2001 06:14 AM
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Re: vmunix: file: table is full
And since you will need to modify the kernel anyway, sar -v also shows the inode table. if that seems rather full, increase it also. You can't open enough files if you can't open enough inodes. It' not a one to one relationship, but it may be a good idea to consider an increase of the ninode kernel parameter.
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тАО10-03-2001 06:16 AM
тАО10-03-2001 06:16 AM
Re: vmunix: file: table is full
Looks like time to increase the kernel parameter "nfile"
You may want to check this out.
http://us-support.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=4879bc6610e5e91382/screen=ckiSearchResults?mode=id&searchString=KNC032597004
Thanks.
Prashant.
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тАО10-03-2001 06:19 AM
тАО10-03-2001 06:19 AM
Re: vmunix: file: table is full
What does it mean if the system bounces upon this limit ? Get streams disconnected causing possible inconsistency ? Or does it only slow the processes down ?
Franky
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тАО10-03-2001 06:24 AM
тАО10-03-2001 06:24 AM
Re: vmunix: file: table is full
the ninode kernel parameter is a bit tricky. This paramater only reflects to HFS filesystems; on HPUX11 this is only /stand which is a very small filesystem. So on most system ninode can be or should be set relatively low (1000-2000). A ninode usage of 100% will/should not hurt system usage.
regards,
Thierry.
go for it Belgium ;))
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тАО10-03-2001 06:31 AM
тАО10-03-2001 06:31 AM
Re: vmunix: file: table is full
# sar -v 2
16:28:56 text-sz ov proc-sz ov inod-sz ov file-sz ov
16:28:58 N/A N/A 117/276 0 476/476 0 719/800 0
16:29:00 N/A N/A 117/276 0 476/476 0 719/800 0
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