msgmax and msgmnb dynamic kernel parms

[JJ_4]

HP-UX 11i and db2 7.1

Just an FYI really for DB2 users.

It is a requirement that DB2 needs msgmax and msgmnb both need setting to 65535.

If you do this dynamically through SAM, then all is fine until reboot.

After reboot kmtune shows the following:
Parameter Current Dyn Planned
msgmax 8192 Y 65535
msgmnb 65535 Y 65535

as you can see msgmnb keeps the value, but msgmax resets back to 8192.

Trying to then use DB2 gives errors like:

db2 connect to sample
DB21016E The Command Line Processor encountered a system error while sending the command to the backend process.

kmtune -u -s msgmax=65535

can then be run to update the running kernel

[harry d brown jr]

JJ,

The formula is this:

min (msgmnb, msgseg * msgssz, 65535)

Which returns the smallest of the values. So what do you have msgseq and msgssz set to? If they are multiplied together what do you get?

msgmax <= msgmnb
msgmax <= ( msgssz * msgseg)


live free or die
harry

[JJ_4]

kmtune | grep msg
msgmap 514 - (2+MSGTQL)
msgmax 65535 Y 65535
msgmnb 65535 Y 65535
msgmni 256 - 256
msgseg 16384 - 16384
msgssz 16 - 16
msgtql 512 - 512

[harry d brown jr]

JJ,

Do you have the Dec 2001 patch bundle installed? I'm testing the change to msgmax right now, I'll let you know what happens. It's dynamic, so a reboot isn't necessary, but I'm just testing it for the fun of it :-)


live free or die
harry

[harry d brown jr]

JJ,

I modified msgmax to 65535 without any issue, and I even rebooted to make sure it stayed put, which it did. I suggest using HP's custom patch manager, to make sure you have the latest and greatest patches.

live free or die
harry

[JJ_4]

This is all I have (albeit totally unreadable)

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[harry d brown jr]

JJ, well you do have the Dec 2001 patches installed. When you change it via sam, does the pending and current change to 65535?

live free or die
harry

[JJ_4]

Oh yes.