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JP1 Version 12 JP1/SNMP System Observer Description, Operator's Guide and Reference


C.2 Kernel parameters of APM

Adjust the kernel parameters of the OS to allocate the resources required for executing the SNMP agent. This section describes kernel parameters that require adjustment.

Organization of this subsection

(1) In HP-UX

The following table lists kernel parameters for HP-UX OS.

Table C‒2: Kernel parameters of APM that must be tuned (in HP-UX)

System resources

Parameter

Estimate

File system

maxfiles #1

30 + number-of-monitoring-server

Process

nproc #2

A maximum of 2 +

the number of remote commands executed simultaneously +

the number of the apmchg commands executed simultaneously

#1: Number of file descriptors that a single process can open (SOFT Limit)

#2: Maximum number of processes that can be created in the system

(2) In Solaris

The following table lists kernel parameters for Solaris OS.

Table C‒3: Kernel parameters of APM that must be tuned (in Solaris)

System resources

Parameter

Estimate

File system

rlim_fd_cur #1

30 + number-of-monitoring-server

Process

max_nprocs #2

A maximum of 2 +

the number of remote commands executed simultaneously +

the number of the apmchg commands executed simultaneously

#1: Number of file descriptors that a single process can open (SOFT Limit)

#2: Maximum number of processes that can be created in the system

(3) In AIX

You do not need to adjust the kernel parameters.

(4) In Linux

You do not need to adjust the kernel parameters.