Patrick, as I understand it, this problem is patched in a new version of the KLAEXPB4 file, which Unison should send you. Phil Anthony Director, System Resources United Video Satellite Group 918-488-4059 e-mail: [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Santucci [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, May 18, 1998 1:04 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Queue LIMIT problem in KLA Express > > The following was sent to Unison Technical Support on 5/15/98. (I > haven't heard back yet; but now the problem is more serious because we > upgraded our largest production system (a 995/500) on Saturday and it > has the same problem): > > We are running KLA Express A.02.02 on an HP3000 928. When we upgraded > from MPE/iX 5.0 (C.50.00) to 5.5 Release 4 (C.55.00) we encountered a > problem with Express and have had to disable it. > > The problem is that EXPRESS is changing the LIMIT of the circular > queues > when we haven't told it to. We normally have them tuned as follows (as > they appear on the main Express screen): > > CS=152,220,1,2000 > DS=202,238,2000,2000 > ES=240,253,2000,2000 > > and a :SHOWQ;STATUS command in MPE displays: > > ------QUANTUM------- > QUEUE BASE LIMIT MIN MAX ACTUAL BOOST TIMESLICE > ----- ---- ----- --- --- ------ ----- --------- > CQ 152 220 1 2000 29 DECAY 200 > DQ 202 238 2000 2000 2000 DECAY 200 > EQ 240 253 2000 2000 2000 DECAY 200 > > But as soon as we start Express (i.e. KLAEXPB starts running) the > tuning > changes to: > > CS=152,250,1,2000 > DS=202,250,2000,2000 > ES=240,250,2000,2000 > > and a :SHOWQ;STATUS command in MPE displays: > > ------QUANTUM------- > QUEUE BASE LIMIT MIN MAX ACTUAL BOOST TIMESLICE > ----- ---- ----- --- --- ------ ----- --------- > CQ 152 255 1 2000 40 DECAY 200 > DQ 202 255 2000 2000 2000 DECAY 200 > EQ 240 255 2000 2000 2000 DECAY 200 > > I don't know why the LIMIT is 250 in Express and the system reports > 255. > I'm more concerned about the fact that the LIMIT drops to 250/255 for > all circular queues. This makes system performance absolutely > terrible. > > There is nothing defined in Global Parameters. I have tried adding our > standard tuning to that screen but it doesn't fix the problem. I have > also tried using no config file, with no parameters changed, even > renaming the default file so it will create a new one, but it still > does > the same thing. > > I hope you can help me, we use KLA for monitoring and > single-threading, > so it's really putting a crimp in our batch scheduling. > > Thanks, > Patrick Santucci > -- > Patrick Santucci > Technical Services Systems Programmer > Kirke-Van Orsdel, Inc. > mailto:[log in to unmask] > Visit our site! http://www.kvi-ins.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "Why was it that when I was young life was complex because > I lacked experience and now that I'm experienced life is > complex because I'm not young?" - James Trudeau