PRM options in HP-UX commands | HP Process Resource Manager (PRM)

B HP-UX command/system call support

Several HP-UX commands and system calls support PRM in assigning users and applications to the proper PRM groups. Other commands have options that allow you to use PRM more efficiently. In either case, this functionality is available only when PRM is configured. See the following tables for information on these commands and system calls.

Table 32 lists HP-UX commands and system calls that support PRM groups. With HP-UX 11i v1 and later, most HP-UX commands and system calls support PRM.

Table 32 HP-UX commands/system calls that support PRM groups

Command/ system call	Supports PRM as follows
at	Places the scheduled job in the user’s initial PRM group. If the user does not have an initial
	group, the job is placed in the user default group, OTHERS (PRMID 1).
cron	Places the scheduled job in the user’s initial PRM group. If the user does not have an initial
	group, the job is placed in the user default group, OTHERS (PRMID 1).
login	Places the login process in the user’s initial PRM group. If the user does not have an initial
	group, the login process is placed in the user default group, OTHERS (PRMID 1).
exec	Process remains in its current PRM group.
fork	Starts children processes in the parent’s PRM group.
pstat	Returns a process’s FSS PRMID.

Table 33 describes HP-UX commands that have options for PRM.

Table 33 PRM options in HP-UX commands

Command	Option	Description
acctcom	-P	Displays the PRMID of each process.
acctcom	-Rgroup	Displays only processes belonging to the PRM group given by group, which
		is specified by PRM group name or PRMID.
id	-P	Displays the PRMID and name of the invoking user’s initial group.
ps	-P [-l]	Adds a column named PRMID to the ps output that gives the PRM group name
		associated with each process. If you also specify -l, you get the PRMID instead
		of the PRM group name.
ps	-Rgroup_list	Displays only the processes that belong to PRM groups specified in
		group_list.
		group_list must consist of PRMIDs or PRM group names. Groups must be
		separated by commas; no spaces are allowed.

For more information on these commands, see their manpages.

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HP Process Resource Manager User Guide Legal Notice Contents PRM configuration planning Setting up PRMUsing PRM with HP System Management Homepage SMH Using PRM with HP Systems Insight Manager SIM Fine-tuning your PRM configuration Administering PRM Command reference 101 Ovpm Glossary 145 Index 148 Preface New in this editionSupported platforms Notational conventions Associated documents Providing feedback Support and patch policies Training What is HP Process Resource Manager? Overview Introduction to PRM commands Why use HP Process Resource Manager? Standard HP-UX resource allocation How PRM can improve on standard allocationBalancing resource use between users Resources managed by PRM Prioritizing resource use between users Prioritizing resource use for applications Limiting resource consumption Isolating resource use for applications and users PRM groups Understanding how PRM manages resourcesHow PRM controls resources Resource allocation What are processor sets?How processor sets work? Processor sets example Altered configuration What are shares?How shares work Converting shares to percentages Hierarchical PRM groups Parent, child, sibling, and leaf PRM groups Hierarchical PRM groups-top level Hierarchical PRM groups-Development’s child groups How PRM manages CPU resources Example PRM CPU resource management PRM CPU resource management CPU allocation and number of shares assigned Capping CPU resource use Multiprocessors and PRM How PRM manages CPU resources for real-time processesHyper-Threading How PRM manages real memory resources How HP-UX manages memory Example of available memory on a 1024-Mbyte system Available memoryHow PRM controls memory usage Implementation of shares and caps Reducing memory sharesCapping memory use How PRM manages locked memory Isolating a group’s private memory resourcesHow PRM manages shared memory Example memory management Locked memory distribution How resource allocations interact How PRM manages applications PRM’s group assignments at process start-up How PRM handles child processesPattern matching for filenames Pattern matching for renamed application processes Opt/specialapps/bin/*GroupS Precedence of PRM group assignments Myfavoriteapp Prmrun -g GroupA barnoneBar Phonehome Understanding how PRM manages resources PRM configuration planning Using multiple configurationsSelecting a configuration model Budget model configurations Application priority model configurations MEM Identifying resource use Quick analysis Detailed analysis Using prmanalyze to quickly identify resource use Initial configuration based on prmanalyze’s memory report Initial configuration based on prmanalyze’s CPU report#prmanalyze -s command -r mem -p -t summary -1filename 25% Setting up PRM Installing PRMSetting PRM to start automatically at reboot Installing PRM Setting PRM to start automatically at reboot #/opt/prm/bin/prmsmhconfig -c Using PRM with HP System Management Homepage SMHQuick start to using PRM’s SMH interface #ps -efP What PRM tasks are available through SIM? Using PRM with HP Systems Insight Manager SIMConfiguring user authorizations Quick start to using PRM’s SIM interface Role PRM administratorHP SIM toolboxes needed for PRM administrator role Role PRM operator #ps -efP Configuring and enabling PRM on the command line Quick start to using PRM’s command-line interface#prmconfig -s -c -fconfigfile #prmconfig -i -fconfigfile #prmconfig -e Configuring PRMPRM configuration file Configuration tips and requirements Specifying PRM groups/controlling CPU resource use Reserved PRM groups Group/CPU record syntax Development/Compilers/Fortran Hier Adding/modifying PRM groups and CPU allocations Explained in the section Group/CPU record syntax Capping CPU resource use Removing groups/CPU allocations Private memory Controlling memory useMemory record syntax #!PRMMEM Shared memory Megabytes #prmconfig -e MEM Adding/modifying private memory shares/capsAdding/modifying shared memory allocations Explained in the section Memory record syntax Removing private memory shares Removing shared memory allocations Isolating private memory for a group Controlling applications Duplicate application recordsMissing applications are ignored Application record syntax See Launching a Java program under PRM See Pattern matching for filenames Adding/modifying an application’s group assignment #prmconfig -e Appl # prmconfig -kRemoving an application’s group assignment # prmmove critapps -g Launching an application under PRM # prmrun criticalapp Launching a script under PRM Launching an application in its assigned groupLaunching an application in a user-specified group #prmrun -g sales CustomerOrder Specifying PRM users Launching a Java program under PRMUser record syntax Prmmove -p $$groupname User Displaying netgroup expansions Adding/modifying a user’s group assignment #prmmove purchasing -u advisor6 Removing a user’s group assignmentExample Changing the initial group of a user Assigning secure compartments to PRM groups Compartment record syntax Explained in the section Compartment record syntax Adding/modifying a compartment’s group assignmentRemoving a compartment’s group assignment Adding/modifying a Unix group’s PRM group assignment Assigning Unix groups to PRM groupsUnix group record syntax Removing a Unix group’s PRM group assignment Explained in the section Unix group record syntax Checking the configuration file Loading the PRM configuration Loading the PRM configuration with prmconfig Differences in loads when a configuration is already loadedPrmconfig Enabling resource managers Enabling specific resource management on the command line Updating the configurationEnabling resource managers with prmconfig #prmconfig -i -fconfigfile -s -c Fine-tuning your PRM configuration Using prmanalyze to analyze your configuration Example Locating system bottlenecks Daily weekly monthly#prmanalyze -r cpu -1 -t hourly -s prmid myacct #prmanalyze -r mem -E -1 -t hourly -s prmid myacct Example Checking for patterns and configuration accuracy Example High-level views of usage#prmanalyze -t weekly -d 16 *.acct98 Jan.acct99 Feb.acct99 #prmanalyze -s prmid -r cpu -p -t daily -x 0 filename Using GlancePlus to analyze your configuration Analyzing memory use GlancePlus information on PRM #prmconfig -L MEM Stop #ps -ef grep prm2d#tail -f /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log grepPIDofcurrentprm2d Var/adm/syslog/syslog.log file Displaying application filename matches Administering PRMMoving processes between PRM groups Displaying netgroup expansions Bin/b*Bapplications#prmlist -a #prmlist Displaying accessible PRM groups Displaying state and configuration information#prmconfig #prmlist -u +prime Displaying application and configuration information Setting the memory manager’s polling intervalSetting the application manager’s polling interval Setting the interval with prmconfig Resetting PRM Disabling PRM with prmconfigResetting PRM with prmconfig Disabling PRM Controlling memory logging with prmconfig Controlling application logging with prmconfigLogging PRM memory messages Logging PRM application messages Displaying groups’ allocated and used resources Displaying user informationDisplaying available memory to determine number of shares #prmmonitor 30 Displaying current process information Displaying number of cores to determine number of sharesDisplaying past process information Monitoring PRM with GlancePlus #ps -R OthersLog global application=prm process dev=disk,lvm transaction Mwa restart scope Automating PRM administration with scripts Protecting the PRM configuration from rebootsPRMCONFIGFILE=/etc/opt/prm/conf/dayconf.prm PRMSLEEP=n Reconstructing a configuration file Internal copies of configuration filesSpecial case of interest Client/server connections PRMINTLAPPL=seconds Online cell operations Backing up PRM files Command reference Prmagt Prmagt -plock -stop -intervalsecondsPrmagt user options/parameters Plock Interval seconds Prmanalyze -s command -r cpu -t summary /var/adm/pacctStop Auto uid gid command prmid FconfigfilePrmanalyze options/parameters Disk mem cpu Summary conflict hourly daily weekly monthly ConflictHourly Daily , weekly , monthly Prmavail Prmavail -p -f CPU Disk MEM DresourcedensityMminimumduration Xexcludevaluekey Configfile-i -k -s -c Prmconfig user optionsPrmconfig root user options Iintervalmanager Configuration lock already held by %sManager Prminitconfig -a -r -h Prmconfig -r to resetLmanager logarg Mmode Prminitconfig options/parameters Group Prmloadconf root user options Prmloadconf Prmloadconf -fconfigfilePrmlist user options Differences in output from prmmonitor and top Prmmonitor user options/parametersResource Interval Prmmove user options/parameters Prmrecover Prmrecover resourcePrmrecover user options/parameters Prmsmhconfig -c -u -h Prmsmhconfig options/parametersPrmrun -w Prmrun user options/parameters Prm2scomp -pprmpath-sscomppath-i Prm2scomp options/parametersScomp2prm -m -pprmpath Scomp2prm options/parameters Srpgen options/parameters Fbasepath PRM options in HP-UX commands HP-UX command/system call supportHP-UX commands/system calls that support PRM groups Monitoring PRM through Snmp Structure of PRM’s Snmp data prmReadOnly Accessing PRM’s Snmp data Using OpenView’s snmpwalk Using OpenView’s xnmbrowser #/opt/prm/bin/prmagtStart xnmbrowsesr #/opt/OV/bin/xnmbrowser Enter public in the field Community Name Navigate to the PRM’s data by following the hierarchy Monitoring PRM through Snmp Graphing resource usage Monitoring PRM through Snmp PRM groups in xnmbrowser graph Databases/inventoryDatabases/order Mailserver Creating Secure Resource Partitions Using PRM with Serviceguard SERVICECMD0=/opt/prm/bin/prmrun -g mathdeptapplication EOF1 Using PRM with HP Integrity Virtual Machines PRM and Virtual Machines PRM error messages Prmmonitor error messagesPRM is not configured PRM resource managers disabled Prmconfig error messages Message Cannot display configuration. PRM is not configured Message PRM is disabled and not configuredMessage The -i and -k options cannot be used together -f option requires an argument Unrecognized keyword argument for -M option Prmconfig command-M option requires a keyword argument Prmmove error messages Could not find group %s in configuration file Requires users to be specified by login namesRequires that PRM be configured User %s does not have permission to move process %d Prmrun error messages Could not launch application %s in group %sperror Users Path environment variable is emptyApplication file %s does not exist Application file %s is empty Prmlist error messages Could not find group %s in the configuration file Could not find user %s in the configuration fileCould not find full path of application %s Please specify only one -s option Prmloadconf error messages Prmrecover error messages Prmavail error messages Prmanalyze error messages Unable to create temp file in /tmp Unable to open temp file %sFile format with acctcom Unable to read event temp file %s Prmagt error messages Glossary Alternate group Others group UID Index CPU Syntax, 111 prmrecover Index NIS Index 153 Index