https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/shmfs-size-and-sap/m-p/3903638#M26124 Hello,<BR /><BR />We have linux 9 installed in ProLiant with SAP dialog instance running on.<BR /><BR />We started SAP but when we checked status we found this message:<BR /><BR />System imposed size of of shared mem segments: 107341824, required: 1073741924.<BR /><BR />Can I increase this value without any issue?<BR />Should I restart server?<BR />Is there any limit for this parameter?<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance for your help.<BR />Regards,<BR /><BR />Carles<BR /> Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:15:17 GMT Carles Viaplana 2006-11-24T11:15:17Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/shmfs-size-and-sap/m-p/3903638#M26124 Hello,<BR /><BR />We have linux 9 installed in ProLiant with SAP dialog instance running on.<BR /><BR />We started SAP but when we checked status we found this message:<BR /><BR />System imposed size of of shared mem segments: 107341824, required: 1073741924.<BR /><BR />Can I increase this value without any issue?<BR />Should I restart server?<BR />Is there any limit for this parameter?<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance for your help.<BR />Regards,<BR /><BR />Carles<BR /> Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:15:17 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/shmfs-size-and-sap/m-p/3903638#M26124 Carles Viaplana 2006-11-24T11:15:17Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/shmfs-size-and-sap/m-p/3903639#M26125 SuSE 9 (64bit) SAP R3 server right?....<BR /><BR />You can set this in /etc/sysconfig/kernel<BR />The variable is: SHMFS_SIZE="NUMBER"<BR /><BR />Note that you can add a "G" after the number to make it as GB.<BR /><BR />Ensure you have installed RPMs saplocales &amp; suse-sapinit then you may have to massage/combine /etc/sysctl.conf, /etc/sysctl.conf.sap<BR /><BR />-Stephen Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:55:38 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/shmfs-size-and-sap/m-p/3903639#M26125 Stephen_126 2006-11-27T16:55:38Z