Supervising the Network

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Maintaining the NetWare Server
Managing the Server
Replace number with the new number of NCP engines you want running.
The nwengine command determines the difference between the total number
of NCP engines requested and those already running.
For example, if you have four NCP engines already running and you want to
add three more engines, type the following command:
nwengine 7 <Enter>
Three more NCP engines will be started.
NOTE: This number can be increased only to the maximum number of engines specified by
the “Maximum Number of NCP Engines” variable.
To reduce the number of NCP engines from seven to five (thus stopping two
NCP engines), type
nwengine 5 <Enter>
You cannot decrease the number of engines below two. This is the minimum
number of engines required to run NetWare Services.
Additional Information
Checking Client Connections Using nxinfo
Use the nxinfo command at the server console command line to get a report
on client connections. The report provides two pieces of information
important to managing the number of engines you want active:
• The maximum number of clients ever active at one time. (If this number matches
the number of licensed connections, you may need to buy more licenses.)
• The clients now active.
By checking these two figures while your server is performing an average
work load, you can determine the number of NCP engines to best manage
your workload.
For more information about Refer to
NCP engines
“nwengine” in Utilities Reference
“NCP_engine” in Concepts