Chapter 6 HPSS Configuration352 September 2002 HPSS Installation GuideRelease 4.5, Revision 2SolarisWhen running the Mover or non-DCE Mover process on a Solaris platform, there are a number ofsystem configuration parameters which may need to be modified before the Mover can besuccessfully run. The values can be modified by editing the /etc/system configuration file andrebooting the system. The following table defines the parameter names and minimum requiredvalues.Note that the semmns and semmnu values should be increased if running more than one Moveron the Solaris machine (multiply the minimum value by the number of Movers to be run on thatmachine).LinuxWhen running the Mover or non-DCE Mover process on a Linux platform, there are a number ofsystem configuration parameters which may need to be modified before the Mover can besuccessfully run. The values can be modified by editing the Linux kernel source header and thenrebuilding the kernel. The following table defines the parameter names and minimum requiredvalues.maxdmasz 513 Maximum DMA size (required for Ampex DSTsupport)Table 6-25 Solaris System ParametersParameter Name MinimumValue Parameter Descriptionsemsys:seminfo_semmns 1024 Maximum number of semaphores in systemsemsys:seminfo_semmnu 512 Maximum number of undo structures in systemsemsys:seminfo_semmsl 512 Maximum number of semaphores per setshmsys:shminfo_shmmax 8388608 Maximum shared memory segment size (willallow up to a 2MB Mover buffer size)Table 6-24 IRIX System ParametersParameter Name MinimumValue Parameter Description
