Re: [cobalt-users] XTR giving errors;

[Greg Hewitt-Long <cobaltusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>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.
>

yes - was.  It sounds like you now have a requirement for more inodes than are configured in the default kernel then.

Greg


>Gerald

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