vmunix: file table is full

[JohnMuir]

I am receiving the following messages. First time I have run into them. Can someone please advise me on how to alleviate this problem.

Thanks

vmunix: file: table is full
vmunix: 0/10/0/0.2 tgt
vmunix: 0/10/0/0.2.0 sdisk
vmunix: 0/10/0/0.2.1 sdisk
vmunix: file: table is full
above message repeats 60 times
vmunix: 0/10/0/0.2.2 sdisk
vmunix: 0/10/0/0.2.3 sdisk
vmunix: 0/10/0/0.2.4 sdisk
vmunix: file: table is full
vmunix: file: table is full
above message repeats 2 times
vmunix: file: table is full
vmunix: file: table is full
above message repeats 368 times
vmunix: file: table is full

[Nicolas Dumeige · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Chek this :
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=562371

Cheers

Nicolas

[RAC_1]

Your kernel parameter nfile is hitting the set limit.

Check with
glance -t
sar -v

You will have to rebuild the kernel and increase the valuse of nfile.

Anil

[Ashwani Kashyap]

you should increase the kernel paramter nfile .

do a sar -v 5 5
and if the column file-sz , is touching its limits then you need to increase the nfile parameter .

[Mel Burslan]

if you have not touched the kernel since the installation of this system, nfile is a function of kernel parameter maxusers. If you want to keep the formulas intact, I would try increasing the value of maxusers to increase the value of nfile instead of converting it to a fixed value, which may or may not cause some more headache in the future.

[Geoff Wild]

As others have said - increase nfile:

http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/otsearch/getfile?id=/hpux/onlinedocs/939/KCParms/KCparam.Nfile.html&searchterms=nfile&queryid=20040517-094600

Rgds...Geoff

[Steven E. Protter]

If you are going to do analysis, take a look at the data from these scripts(attached)

while you are at it, check maxuprc. The default is set a little low.

SEP

[JohnMuir]

Thanks everybody, this is my issue. My nfile is at 98% utilized. Thanks for all your help.