SAP Note 172747 - SAP on HP-UX: OS kernel parameter recommendations

Component : HP-UX - Memory ManagementBC-OP-AIX IBM AIXBC-OP-HPX HP-UXBC-OP-LNX L

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Summary :
This SAP Note provides guidelines for tuning HP-UX kernel parameters to optimize the performance of SAP systems and databases, specifically tailored for various versions of the HP-UX 11.x series. It offers detailed recommendations on parameters requiring adjustment from default settings and provides commands and methodologies for checking and setting these parameters, such as `kctune`. Additionally, the note emphasizes that parameters already exceeding recommendations should not be reduced without a thorough impact analysis. It covers essential aspects such as message parameters, semaphores, shared memory, file systems, asynchronous I/O, and process management. Installation of these settings can be facilitated using provided scripts, while parameters like `filecache_max` and `filecache_min` can be tuned based on system memory assessments.

Key words :
message parameters    msgtql             4096    msgmap             4098    msgmnb             65535    msgmax             65535    msgmni             4096    msgseg             32767    msgssz             32  semaphores    semmns             16384    semmni             8192    semmap             8194    semmnu             4092    semume             100  shared memory    shmmax            0x40000000000, message parameters    msgtql             4096    msgmap             4098    msgmnb             65535    msgmax             65535    msgmni             4096    msgseg             32767  semaphores    semmns             16384    semmni             8192    semmnu             4092  shared memory    shmmax            0x40000000000, message parameters    msgtql             4096    msgmnb             65535    msgmni             4096  semaphores    semmns             16384    semmni             8192    semmnu             4092  shared memory    shmmax            0x40000000000, components bc-cst-mm memory management priority recommendations / additional info category installation information validity, hp-ux itanium 1367498   sap jvm installation prerequisites 1375656   sap netweaver pi system parameters 1437105   operating system limits, 31 1367498   sap jvm installation prerequisites 628131   sap db/maxdb operating system parameters, operating system errors 628131   sap db/maxdb operating system parameters, sam-hp smh cross reference guide hp-ux 11i, nproc              4200    maxusers           128  memory management    maxswapchunks      16384    swchunk            8192  filesystem caching    dbc_max_pct        8, native thread 541695   ora-00470/ora-00471/ora-00472/ora-00473/ora-00474 546006   problems

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