The document discusses that the HP-UX 11iv3 kernel parameter nfile is now a private parameter and cannot be viewed directly using kctune. It provides two ways to check the value of the private nfile parameter: running kctune -v nfile or /opt/ignite/bin/print_manifest. The value of nfile should be set to 0 (the default value) on HP-UX 11.31 to avoid potential problems in applications or databases like Oracle.

1. Dusan Baljevic
dusan.baljevic@ieee.org
ON HP-UX 11iv3 kernel parameter nfile is now a private.
# kctune
... by itself does not list nfile.
Officially, private kernel parameters are “invisible” but there are interesting ways to check it:
a) Query the parameter directly:
# kctune -v nfile
b) Or, run:
# /opt/ignite/bin/print_manifest
This command will report nfile IF IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE DEFAULT VALUE!
On HP-UX 11.31 nfileshould be set to 0 (default). If it is not, it can create massive problems in
applications, or databases like Oracle.