Running AUTOGEN to Tune the System

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Modifying System Parameters

Running AUTOGEN to Tune the System

When you install or upgrade the OpenVMS operating system, the system executes the AUTOGEN.COM procedure to set the values of system parameters and the sizes of the page, swap, and dump files according to the system configuration.

After running your system for at least 24 hours with users on the system, run the AUTOGEN.COM procedure again to properly tune the system. Run AUTOGEN as follows. In an OpenVMS Cluster, you must follow these steps to run AUTOGEN on each cluster node.

Run AUTOGEN in feedback mode, examine AGEN$PARAMS.REPORT, and reboot the system. To run AUTOGEN in feedback mode, use the following command:
```
$ @SYS$UPDATE:AUTOGEN SAVPARAMS SETPARAMS FEEDBACK
```
To view AGEN$PARAMS.REPORT on your screen, enter the following command and press Return:
```
$ TYPE SYS$SYSTEM:AGEN$PARAMS.REPORT
```
You can also print this file or examine it using the EDIT/READ_ONLY command.

If the report includes a message similar to the following, you might need to modify the size of the page, swap, or dump file:
```
%AUTOGEN-W-DSKSPC, The disk on which DKA0:[SYS0.SYSEXE]PAGEFILE.SYS
        resides would be over 95% full if it were modified to hold 20000
         blocks.
```
For more information about AGEN$PARAMS.REPORT, refer to the HP OpenVMS System Manager's Manual, Volume 2: Tuning, Monitoring, and Complex Systems.

Run AUTOGEN again in feedback mode two workdays later and examine AGEN$PARAMS.REPORT, and then reboot the system. (For information about the importance of having a current AGEN$FEEDBACK.DAT file, see Ensuring You Have a Recent FEEDBACK.DAT File.)

HP recommends that you run AUTOGEN from the SAVPARAMS phase through the TESTFILES phase weekly thereafter until the system stabilizes (that is, AUTOGEN finds nothing that needs to be adjusted). Make sure you run AUTOGEN when your system is running under a typical work load. Examine AGEN$PARAMS.REPORT to determine the need for additional changes.

If you invoke AUTOGEN without specifying the execution-mode parameter (FEEDBACK, NOFEEDBACK, or CHECK_FEEDBACK), AUTOGEN uses the feedback information in its calculations. However, if the feedback information reflects system uptime of less than 24 hours, or if the feedback information is more than 30 days old, AUTOGEN includes warnings in the AGEN$PARAMS.REPORT file to alert you to potential problems with the feedback data. If you wrongly assumed the feedback was valid, the parameter settings might vary significantly from your expectations.

If you specify FEEDBACK (or NOFEEDBACK), AUTOGEN uses (or does not use) the feedback regardless of the data's reliability. AUTOGEN proceeds through the SETPARAMS phase (if you specified SETPARAMS, SHUTDOWN, or REBOOT as the end phase) and sets system parameters to the values it computed.

If you specify CHECK_FEEDBACK, AUTOGEN checks the validity of the feedback data. If AUTOGEN determines the feedback is suspect, then AUTOGEN ignores the feedback when computing parameter values. It will stop at the TESTFILES phase and issue a warning in the report that parameters have not been changed. You must read the report and decide whether the calculated values are acceptable. You can use them (by running the AUTOGEN SETPARAMS phase) or rerun AUTOGEN with valid feedback data.

After the system has stabilized, HP recommends that you run AUTOGEN at least weekly to save feedback information for future use. Use the following command:
```
$ @SYS$UPDATE:AUTOGEN SAVPARAMS
```
If you do not maintain current feedback information for AUTOGEN, you will not have the needed information the next time you upgrade your system. As a result, you may have to reboot and rerun AUTOGEN several times to make your upgraded system operational.

For more information about running AUTOGEN, refer to the HP OpenVMS System Manager's Manual, Volume 2: Tuning, Monitoring, and Complex Systems.

Rebooting Cluster Members (Upgrades Only)

Modifying System Parameters