HP Process Resource Manager (PRM) 8 Fine-tuningyour PRM configuration

Adding/modifying shared memory allocations ................................................................	62
Removing private memory shares ...................................................................................	63
Removing shared memory allocations .............................................................................	63
Isolating private memory for a group isolating memory using a text editor............................	64
Controlling applications......................................................................................................	65
Duplicate application records.........................................................................................	65
Missing applications are ignored....................................................................................	65
Application record syntax...............................................................................................	65
Adding/modifying an application’s group assignment ......................................................	67
Example: Grouping an application by its alternate names and functions..........................	68
Example: Assigning a running application to another group ..........................................	68
Removing an application’s group assignment ...................................................................	68
Launching an application under PRM...............................................................................	69
Launching an application in its assigned group............................................................	70
Launching an application in a user-specified group ......................................................	70
Launching a script under PRM.........................................................................................	70
Launching a Java program under PRM.............................................................................	71
Specifying PRM users ........................................................................................................	71
User record syntax.........................................................................................................	71
Adding/modifying a user’s group assignment ..................................................................	73
Example: Changing the initial group of a user .............................................................	74
Removing a user’s group assignment ...............................................................................	74
Assigning secure compartments to PRM groups .....................................................................	75
Compartment record syntax............................................................................................	75
Adding/modifying a compartment’s group assignment .....................................................	76
Removing a compartment’s group assignment ..................................................................	76
Assigning Unix groups to PRM groupsassigning Unix group to PRM groupsconfiguring Unix group
resource allocationUnix group recordsspecifying Unix recordsrecordsUnix groupspecifying..........	77
Unix group record syntax...............................................................................................	77
Adding/modifying a Unix group’s PRM group assignment .................................................	77
Removing a Unix group’s PRM group assignment ..............................................................	78
Checking the configuration file ...........................................................................................	79
Loading the PRM configuration ...........................................................................................	79
Loading the PRM configuration with prmconfig..................................................................	80
Enabling resource managers....................................................................................................	80
Enabling resource managers with prmconfig..........................................................................	81
Updating the configuration .....................................................................................................	81
8 Fine-tuning your PRM configuration ............................................................	83
Using prmanalyze to analyze your configuration.........................................................................	83
Example: Locating system bottlenecks...................................................................................	84
Example: High-level views of usage......................................................................................	85
Example: Checking for patterns and configuration accuracy....................................................	85
Using GlancePlus to analyze your configuration..........................................................................	86
Analyzing memory use............................................................................................................	87
9 Administering PRM...................................................................................	89
Moving processes between PRM groups ...................................................................................	89
Displaying application filename matches...................................................................................	89
Displaying netgroup expansions ..............................................................................................	90
Displaying accessible PRM groups ...........................................................................................	91
Displaying state and configuration information...........................................................................	91
Displaying application and configuration information .................................................................	92

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