Re: [cobalt-users] XTR giving errors;

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 18 April 2003 14:18, Greg Hewitt-Long wrote:
> >
> I think others are trying to tell you that this is a file system error -
> I'm not sure it is.
>
> Too many open inodes - this is a kernel parameter - your scripts are
> attempting to open more inodes simultaneously than the kernel has slots
> configured.  Basically, the kernel has been built with a hard limit on the
> number of inodes it can open at one time.
>
> This might mean you need to rebuild your kernel.
>
> The analog prerotate script failing ...hmmm... it COULD be a problem with
> the FS... but that might be a symptom of running out of inode handles - it
> definitely says "Too many open files in system error" - sounds a LOT like
> the kernel inode table.
>
> in SVR2 it as a kernel param INODES
> in SVR3 and 4 it was NINODE
> you may find a custom kernel build script somewhere if you do, there are
> likely to be a number of inode params - NINODE, NS5INODE, UFSNINODE
>
> Are you running a custom kernel?
>
> Perhaps Bruce might help - I haven't configured a custom kernel on anything
> in years - and the last time was a Sequent quad processor machine running
> PTX, I've rebuilt AIX and HP/UX too - these are hardly RAQ XTR machines
> though!
>

Thanks,
No custom kernel, a standard XTR, was working normal.

Gerald
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