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vmunix: file: table is full

 
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Patrick Wallek
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Re: vmunix: file: table is full

Yes, you need to put 10000 in the Formula/Value field.

The "calculated value" will show what is calculated if you had a formula in the formula/value field.
Bill Hassell
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Re: vmunix: file: table is full

Most sysadmins find the kernel parameter formulas totally useless. MAXUSERS is simply a modifier to several kernel parms, but it really has no use for database servers or web servers. Replace the formula with a fixed number. 10000 is fine. But because you are running 11.11, you don't have the kcusage command to easily track parameters such as nfile, nproc, shmmax, and so on. So to prevent future reboots when nfile gets full again, you may want to increase nfile to 20000.

And be sure to write a script that looks at sar -v 1 1 every 10 or 20 minutes, checking that the last pair of numbers (called file) are not getting close. If nfile is 85% full, it is time to schedule a reboot and double the current number.


Bill Hassell, sysadmin