Kernel Tuning Parameter Values Solaris 8

From: FREEHOME SunManager (sunmanagers@freehome.ch)
Date: Wed Aug 18 2004 - 19:00:49 EDT


Hi Sunmanagers

No I'm trying to install CA Antivirus 7.1 on Solaris 8 Sparc latest
recommended Cluster from June 2004 on a Ultra 5 270MHz with 128MB RAM (I
know not much RAM but at the moment..). Actually the software is installable
but the Realtime Monitor needs some special Parameters in /etc/system. I
tried different values and entries but allways if I'm rebooting I have
errors which indicates:

genunix: sorry, variable 'seminfo_msgmax' is not defined in the 'semsys'
genunix: module
genunix:
genunix: sorry, variable 'seminfo_msgmnb' is not defined in the 'semsys'
genunix: module
genunix:
genunix: sorry, variable 'seminfo_msgmni' is not defined in the 'semsys'
genunix: module
genunix:
genunix: sorry, variable 'seminfo_msgtql' is not defined in the 'semsys'
genunix: module
genunix:
genunix: sorry, variable 'seminfo_shmmni' is not defined in the 'semsys'
genunix: module
genunix:
genunix: sorry, variable 'seminfo_shmmax' is not defined in the 'semsys'
genunix: module
Agenunix:
genunix: sorry, variable 'seminfo_shmseg' is not defined in the 'semsys'
genunix: module
genunix:

                      N O T E
The following kernel tunable parameters are set to values
lower than their minimum recommended values for a Computer
Associates $CA_PROD_NAME installation on this platform.
Please examine the current and minimum recommended values.

Parameter Current Recommended
               value value
--------- ------- -----------
msgmax 2048 32768
msgmnb 4096 65535
msgmni 50 128
msgtql 40 256
shmmni 100 512
shmmax 1048576 256000000
shmseg 6 50

In the /etc/system I used following entries:

*************************************************************************
* modification for CA Antivirus

set msgsys:msginfo_msgmnb=65535
set msgsys:msginfo_msgmni=128
set msgsys:msginfo_msgtql=256
set semsys:seminfo_shmmni=512
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=256000000
set semsys:seminfo_shmseg=50
set semsys:seminfo_semume=40
set semsys:seminfo_semmns=512
set semsys:seminfo_semmap=258
set semsys:seminfo_semmni=256

I'm not really common with these tuning parameters! I read some info about
semaphores etc. but I was not able to configure the stuff without these
errors! Could anybody help me which entries I should use. The software will
make a check in the startup process and if the values are not set correctly
the Realtime Monitor will not start. All other stuff is starting and could
be used as normal. Without Realtime Monitor the whole thing is not
usefull....any help appriciated!

Kind regards

Andrea Soliva
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