HP Process Resource Manager (PRM) manual Nis

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management application

specifying application management, 65

CPU

specifying CPU resource management, 54 memory

specifying memory management, 59 max value for CPU, 56

maximum number of groups (64 or 256 depending on your HP-UX version), 54

memory allocations

specifying, 59 cap, defined, 146 capping

specifying the cap (max value), 59 with a text editor, 60

displaying available memory with prmavail, 105 manager, 59

defined, 146 introduction, 11

specifying memory management, 59 records

adding with a text editor (private), 62 adding with a text editor (shared), 62 defined, 146

introduction, 12

modifying with a text editor (private), 62 modifying with a text editor (shared), 62 removing with a text editor (private), 63 removing with a text editor (shared), 63

records (private) syntax, 59

specifying allocations, 59 specifying caps (max values), 59

minimum resource shares and PRM_SYS group, 55

minimum shares values, 53 modifying

application records with a text editor, 67 compartment records with a text editor, 76 group/CPU records with a text editor, 57 memory records with a text editor (private), 62 memory records with a text editor (shared), 62 Unix group records with a text editor, 77 user records with a text editor, 73

movement of processes on start up, 69 moving a process between groups

prmmove syntax, 111

N

netgroups

in user records, 72 NFS services, 54 NFS, defined, 146

NIS

integration through user records, 71

O

online cell operations, 56, 59

OpenView monitoring of PRM SNMP data, 118, 119 OTHERS group, 54

defined, 146 overview

how to use PRM’s command-line interface, 51 how to use PRM’s SIM interface, 49

how to use PRM’s SMH interface, 46 PRM, 11

P

parent groups defined, 146

pattern matching

in an application’s alternate names, 54 per-group CPU capping, 56

showing availability with prmavail -f, 105 performance monitoring tools, 83 PerfView Analyzer, 83

PID

defined, 146 polling interval defined, 146

POSIX real-time process, defined, 146 PRM administrator, defined, 146

PRM advantages over the standard HP-UX CPU scheduler and memory manager, 13

PRM commands, 12 PRM group

defined, 146 ID, defined, 146

PRM overview, 11 prm2scomp command

introduction, 13 syntax, 114

PRM_SYS group, 54

as "(PRM_SYS)" in prmmonitor -s and ps -P output, 55 as an explicit group, 55

CPU capping, 55 defined, 146

prmagt command error messages, 144 introduction, 12 starting at boot, 119 syntax, 101

using, 119 prmanalyze command

error messages, 142 fine-tuning your configuration, 83 introduction, 12

using -p to track active processes, 102 prmavail command

error messages, 141 introduction, 12 syntax, 105

prmconfig command -e, when to use, 81 -i versus -k, 80

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