HP-UX HB v13.00 Ch-19 - PRM

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 3 (of 31)
Chapter 19 Process Resource Manager (PRM)
October 29, 2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ______________________________________________________________________ 4
PRM’s Resource Managers _________________________________________________________________ 4
How the FSS scheduler works _______________________________________________________________ 5
Installation _______________________________________________________________________ 6
Current PRM Version and Patches ___________________________________________________________ 6
Pre-Installation Steps _____________________________________________________________________ 7
Post Installation Steps _____________________________________________________________________ 8
Preparation ______________________________________________________________________ 8
Dividing Processes into Groups ______________________________________________________________ 8
Resource Entitlement per PRM Group _______________________________________________________ 12
Configuration ____________________________________________________________________ 15
Creating the PRM Configuration File /etc/prmconf _____________________________________________ 15
Testing the Configuration _________________________________________________________________ 20
Configuring the Startup Script ______________________________________________________________ 20
Activation _______________________________________________________________________ 21
Starting and Stopping PRM ________________________________________________________________ 21
Monitoring ______________________________________________________________________ 24
Monitoring the Resource Consumption ______________________________________________________ 24
Modifying the Configuration _______________________________________________________________ 25
PRM Manual Pages ______________________________________________________________________ 27
PRM File Locations ______________________________________________________________________ 28
PRM Quick Setup ________________________________________________________________________ 28
CPU Hogger Source Code _________________________________________________________________ 29
Workload Manager (WLM) ________________________________________________________________ 29
Additional Information ____________________________________________________________ 31