syslog.log

[Mazen Al-Jarrah]

I'm getting the following message in syslog.log:

vmunix: file: table is full


what should I do

[Khalid A. Al-Tayaran · Accepted solution]

Hi,


I think you need to increase the nfile parameter. Beforer you do that check this link:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x526142308663d611abdb0090277a778c,00.html

and

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x42d5cf38d6bdd5118ff10090279cd0f9,00.html

[T G Manikandan]

You should increase nfile kernel parameter in the kernel.


Thanks

[Radhakrishnan Venkatara]

check for nfile parameter


radhakrishnan

[Bill Douglass]

You can do on-going monitoring of the file table from sar

sar -v 1

will show you the current size and the max limit for the process, inode and file trables in the kernel.

You can check the sa1 man oage for instructions on setting up a cron job to collect sar data on a regular basis for monitoring purposes.

[Caesar_3]

Hello!

Increase the nfile in the kernel.

Caesar

[yogesh_4]

Hi ,
Give # sar -v 5 5 and just observe the output. then start your apllication software and then give #sar -v 5 5 in nfile it will give 1288/1500 it shows that out of 1500 1288 files are being used. If limit exceeds then you have to increase "nfile" Kernal parameter.

[Michael Steele_2]

As indicated increasing 'nfile' will help in correcting this problem. But it might also be necessary to identify the culprit process with all the open files; who's eating up your system file table? For this, 'lsof' works best.

lsof -p pid

This command will list all the open files associated to the PID and help you track down any runaway processes.

If you don't have it, you should, so get it here:

http://hpux.cict.fr/hppd/cgi-bin/search

Also regarding runaway processes, what does 'sar -v' report before and after a reboot? Dramatic change? Use 'lsof'.

[Donny Jekels]

increase the nfile kernel parameter

use "lsof -p pid" to find the process creating those open files

use 'sar -v' report - to find runaway process - ie. proc's owned by 1



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donny