Re: how to increase hardnofiles & softnofiles

Cristian,

Check what you have in /etc/security/limits.conf on both systems.  This 
is where you would typically configure this.

-Bennett

Cristian Veronesi wrote:
> A few months ago I set up a SLES9 SP3 system with Oracle Application
> Server 10.1.2. I remember I had to play with hardnofiles and softnofiles
> but I'm not able to remember what have I done exactly.
>
> Now I'm trying to set up a second system hydentical to the first but I'm
> not able to pass the prerequisite checks, I always get these messages:
>
> Checking for hardnofiles=65536; found hardnofiles=1024. Failed <<<<
> Checking for softnofiles=4096; found softnofiles=1024.  Failed <<<<
>
> Indeed, on the first system I get these values with a non-root user:
>
> $ ulimit -Sa | grep files
> open files                    (-n) 65536
> $ ulimit -Ha | grep files
> open files                    (-n) 65536
>
> While on the second system I get these values:
>
> $ ulimit -Sa | grep files
> open files                    (-n) 1024
> $ ulimit -Ha | grep files
> open files                    (-n) 1024
>
> Unfortunately I'm not able to remember which changes I made to the first
> system in order to set these values for all users. Any suggestions?
>
> Thank you. Kind regards, Cristian.
>
>

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