Thanks Dave,

I do have that too...I just short-cutted my explanation of the files
in my /usr/openv/netbackup/db/config directory.

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Clooney, David wrote:

> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:56:05 +0100
> From: "Clooney, David" <david.clooney at bankofamerica.com>
> To: Kathryn Hemness <kfhemness at ucdavis.edu>,
>      veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Linux Shared Memory Configuration
>
>  Not answering you question but if you media server is writing to disk
> you might want to check and implement
>
> SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS_DISK
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Kathryn
> Hemness
> Sent: 18 September 2006 23:59
> To: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Linux Shared Memory Configuration
>
> Greetings,
>
> My backup enterprise currently consists of a Solaris 9 Sun V240 master
> and 3 Sun X4200 RHEL3 Linux Media Servers running NB51MP5.
>
> I've been getting the following messages for backups and duplications to
> storage units on my Linux media servers:
>
>    "problems encountered during setup of shared memory (89)"
>
> I use disk storage units and a mixed LTO2/LTO3 library.
>
> I've attempted to setup my Linux media servers similar to my Solaris 9
> master by using the same NUMBER/SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS files in
> /usr/openv/netbackup/db/config.  But on my Solaris 9 master, I also had
> /etc/system settings for msgsys, semsys, and shmsys values.
>
> I haven't been able to find anything about needing similar /etc/system
> tuning on Linux (I believe the /etc/system equivalents are set via the
> /etc/sysctl.conf file).
>
> I'm hoping someone can tell me if all of the /etc/system parameters can
> be set with sysctl on Linux and if their names are the same.  Here are
> my current Solaris /etc/system parameters:
>
> set msgsys:msginfo_msgmap=512
> set msgsys:msginfo_msgmax=8192
> set msgsys:msginfo_msgmnb=65536
> set msgsys:msginfo_msgmni=256
> set msgsys:msginfo_msgssz=16
> set msgsys:msginfo_msgtql=512
> set msgsys:msginfo_msgseg=8192
>
> set semsys:seminfo_semmap=64
> set semsys:seminfo_semmni=1024
> set semsys:seminfo_semmns=1024
> set semsys:seminfo_semmnu=1024
> set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=300
> set semsys:seminfo_semopm=32
> set semsys:seminfo_semume=64
>
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=536870912
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=220
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=100
>
> Any help is appreciated.
> --Kathy
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--Kathy