Hello and thank you everyone that has helped guide me in the past.
I need to change the max_thread_proc parameter in order for certain Oracle utilities to function correctly. It is currently set at 64.

I am a dba not an sa so please excuse my lack of knowledge on something that is probably pretty basic.

I have read online that this is a dynamic parameter. Looking in SAM, it shows Type as Static. I need to know how to successfully change this. I am confused whether it is something that can be changed without rebooting the server or not. If it is something that I can do now ... or have to wait for an outage window.

I have never changed kernel parameters before as everywhere else has always had sys admins on staff, and this place only has one unix server ... and it is a production system.

Any advice or suggestions on how to do this without crashing everything is greatly appreciated!

Thanks!!
Steven

Guess it would help if I mentioned what type of server ...

HP-UX B.11.00 U 9000/800 (tc)

Thanks,
Steven

That parameter will require a reboot. You should just use sam to change it. You're already in the right place in sam. If you want to use the command line, the procedure is here. But sam does a lot of error checking and the manual procedure does not.

When making kernel parameter changes, are the steps to do so.

1. Make the parameter changes in SAM.
2. the server.

Is there something else that I am missing or am I just thinking this is something that is harder than it really is?

Thanks,
Steven

Not sure I follow this. sam is a tool to change the server. You can use sam to make the change. It actually is a very easy task if you use sam.

So just make the change in sam and then reboot the server? Is that all there is to it?