Re: Sun SPARC Solaris 7 -- SEMMNS and SEMMSL

The command works in Sun SPARC Solaris too. You may need to specify the complete path since it may not in the PATH environment variable generally. The path is /usr/sbin.

-Srini

In article <87pdn3$llb$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,   Karen <bko00_at_my-deja.com> wrote:
> In article <87o7s2$g62$1_at_news.fas.harvard.edu>,
> tiny anklet bells <nroshak_at_hcs.harvard.edu> wrote:
> > I'm running a bunch of Oracle 8 databases on a Sun SPARC Solaris 7
> box.
> > I need to adjust the SEMMSL and SEMMNS kernel parameters to
accomodate
> > a couple of new databases (several separate databases are required
for
> > development/testing purposes here). I know that if I set semaphore
> > parameters too high, I can break the system so hard it won't boot.
> > Trouble is that my sysadmin doesn't know what the max values are, or
> > where to find out. How can I find out the max values of these
> parameters
> > for our server?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Natalka Roshak
> >
> >
> I don't know if this will work for SPARC Solaris, but this is how
> I did it on Intel Solaris.
> To see your current settings for your kernel parameters, type
> sysdef | grep -i <param>
> ex. sysdef | grep -i semmsl
>
> To change your values, as root, edit your /etc/system file.
> set semsys: seminfo_semmsl=25 (or whatever you want to change it to)
> set semsys: seminfo_semmns=1750
>
> You will need to relink your kernel to have these take effect. Be
sure
> you do this with your sys admin!
>
> HTH,
> Karen
>
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