Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Update 1 Monitoring Guide

Using the Monitoring Framework on HP-UX Platforms

The kernel parameters on HP-UX are not tuned by default for the task-intensive processing needed by Monitoring Framework running in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), and this may lead to OutOfMemory exceptions. The following link explains HP-UX kernel settings that affect the JVM: http://h21007.www2.hp.com/dspp/tech/tech_TechDocumentDetailPage_IDX/1,1701,1616,00.html

To configure the HP-UX kernel, download and run the HPjconfig tool as described in the following procedure:

ProcedureTo Optimize Kernel Parameters for Monitoring Framework on HP-UX

  1. Download the HPjconfig tool from the following link and untar the file:

    http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/java/java2/hpjconfig/index.html

  2. Export the display with the following command:


    $ export DISPLAY=IP_address:0.0
  3. Run the HPjconfig tool with the following command:


    Java-binaries/java -jar HPconfig.jar
  4. In the tool's user interface, select the Tunable tab to display the list of current and recommended kernel parameter values. Review the values and click Commit to make the changes. The tool will prompt you to reboot if necessary.