SUMMARY: Vm subsystem

From: Siebert, Aaron <aaron.siebert_at_nagrastar.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:10:58 -0600

Dr. Thomas Blinn states to see if a subsystem value can be updated
without reboot you must follow these instruction. Thanks

doctor (root) # sysconfig -Q vm vm-maxvas
vm:
vm-maxvas - type=LONG op=CQ min_val=0 max_val=9223372036854775807

Note that the first shows you the current value (-q for query), the
second shows you the "metadata" for the variable, and if it could be
"reconfigured" (changed on the fly), there would be an "R" in the
"op=" list. "C" is configurable (in the file), "Q" is query-able,
but no "R" means you need a reboot.


Regards,
Aaron Siebert

-----Original Message-----
From: Dr Thomas.Blinn_at_HP.com [mailto:tpb_at_doctor.zk3.dec.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:25 PM
To: Siebert, Aaron
Subject: Re: Vm subsystem

Ah, you really just want to change a tunable parameter. Some you
can change "on the fly", some need a reboot. Here's how you can
tell:

doctor (root) # sysconfig -q vm vm-maxvas
vm:
vm-maxvas = 2147483648
doctor (root) # sysconfig -Q vm vm-maxvas
vm:
vm-maxvas - type=LONG op=CQ min_val=0 max_val=9223372036854775807
doctor (root) #

Note that the first shows you the current value (-q for query), the
second shows you the "metadata" for the variable, and if it could be
"reconfigured" (changed on the fly), there would be an "R" in the
"op=" list. "C" is configurable (in the file), "Q" is query-able,
but no "R" means you need a reboot.

This should be covered in the system tuning guide and the man pages
but it may not be really clear..



> We made changes to the vm-maxvas value of the vm subsytem in
> sysconfigtab. Do we need to reboot or is there a way to update the
> value?
>
>
> Regards,
> Aaron Siebert

Tom

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