FAQ - file: table is full
- nfile(5)
- If the kernel parameter nfile or maxuprc is too small, then messages like the following will appear in syslog:
Jan 23
15:04:10 hostname last message repeated
55 times
Jan 23
15:10:10 hostname vmunix: file: table is
full
- on the
console, you may see:
file: table
is full
- Check to see if the
file table is currently full with:
5
For example:
# sar -v 5 5
HP-UX raw B.11.00
U 9000/735 03/27/03
08:56:14 text-sz ov proc-sz ov inod-sz ov
file-sz ov
08:56:19 N/A N/A 127/500 0 700/700 0
1250/1260 0
08:56:24 N/A N/A 127/500 0 700/700 0
1249/1260 0
08:56:29 N/A N/A 127/500 0 700/700 0
1250/1260 0
08:56:34 N/A N/A 127/500 0 700/700 0
1255/1260 0
08:56:39 N/A N/A 127/500 0 700/700 0
1259/1260 0
Notice that the number
to the left of the slash (the number of currently open files) is near the number
to the right of the slash (max number of open files allowed, nfile.)
- Also to check to see if a one user is
using at or near the limit for a single user, maxuprc(5), run:
# ps –fu username| wc –l
- See doc id HPUXKBRC00008909
(titled ‘vmunix:
file: table is full’)
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