Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Configuring a System
Reconfiguring the Kernel (HP-UX 11i Version 2)
Chapter 3 343
Changing Tunable Values
To change the value of a tunable, execute the following steps:
Step 1. Select the tunables menu item in the navigation column. The tunables
pane is displayed, which lists all the tunables that are currently
configured on your system.
Step 2. Select a tunable that you wish to modify by choosing the icon or the
modify tunable_name button.
module indicates the name of the module (if any) that the tunable is
associated with
current indicates the current maximum value for the resource
next boot
(expression)
indicates a formula describing the next boot value (Note: this can
also be an integer)
next boot (integer) indicates the planned value, with all formulae computed
last boot value indicates value of the tunable when the system was last booted
default indicates the default value for the tunable
legal range indicates the range of values that are legal for the tunable
present usage indicates the amount of the resource consumed at the time the pane
was displayed, as an integer value followed by the percent usage of
resource in parenthesis
dynamic indicates that a dynamic kernel tunable can be modified without
rebooting the system
auto tune status indicates whether the tunable is being automatically tuned
constraints lists the dependencies that a tunable might have on other tunables
as well as recommended values for a tunable
Table 3-16 kcweb tunables details (Continued)
Field Name Description