HP SIM use high memory?

[Julianto]

Hi all, i want to ask something...
I already installed HP-UX 11.23 in RX7640 with memory 8 GB. i also installed SIM in there... but when i checked the memory usage it's already use 90%. then i try to configure the kernel parameter, it reduce significan till 50%

i want to know it's SIM use high memory? because the server totaly new installation...

thx.

[Michael Steele_2]

A) What version of SIM?
B) Is this your central management server

[Julianto]

it's use hp sim 5.1 and not CMS, i already installed in different server n the memory usage also high untill 65%

[Julianto]

how to remove SIM configuration? i try mxinitconfig -r it's can't.
# mxinitconfig -r
Cannot initialize HP Systems Insight Manager while it is running
Configuration failed to complete due to the following exception:
Cannot initialize HP Systems Insight Manager while it is running

how to stop hp SIM?

[Dennis Handly]

>but when i checked the memory usage it's already use 90%. then I try to configure the kernel parameter, it reduce significantly till 50%

The whole purpose of the disk cache in HP-UX kernel is to make sure the memory usage is 100%. Which kernel parm did you reduce? The disk cache ones?

[Julianto]

dbc_max_pct from the default 50 to 10
dbc_min_pct from the default 5 to 2

[Dennis Handly]

>dbc_max_pct from the default 50 to 10

Yes, this will reduce the size of the disk cache. What do you intend to do with the machine? I.e. if you intend to use Oracle, reducing the disk cache is a good idea. Otherwise it may have a negative effect.

[Julianto]

that's for our core banking application... so i change the default dbc_max_pct to 10.
did anyone know how to remove the hp sim? like i mention above? i want to know are the hp sim use high memory or not?...
i try with command : # mxinitconfig -r but i can't resolve...

[Dennis Handly]

>i want to know are the HP sim use high memory or not?

Your 100% or 50% memory use was due to the disk cache. Why not put your application on the server then measure the performance.

[Julianto]

uhm i ever install hp-ux with core banking application but it doesn't use resource of memory so high... i want to try remove the hp sim, does anyone know how to remove it? i already use mxinitconfig -r
but it's say sim still runing... how to stop it?

[Chengchai Theerakalkul · Accepted solution]

Julianto,
normally startup/stop scripts while system booting on HP-UX are under directory /sbin/rc*.d. For HP SIM startup script should be in /sbin/rc2.d. You can find this script by run command ll /sbin/rc2.d/*hpsim. After you find that script you can stop this process by run command /sbin/rc2.d/S*hpsim stop.
ex. /sbin/rc2.d/S910hpsim stop

[Julianto]

thx a lot all...