Maximum Service Processes

[bytehd]

I have two 6.5 Servers both set at 500/1000 min/max SPs.

the one running everything (Veritas, File and Print) runs 20 Service processes.

the one running Groupwise 6.5 with Webaccess and GWIA has 300 Service Processes. the agents are downed everynight and toolbox.nlm copies of the domain and single PO are made.

Is toolbox killing my SPs?

Any ideas?



George Walkey
Senior Geek in charge

http://www.insyncva.com

 

[terry712]

toolbox is normally ok

but why down the agents - you dont need to
gwtsa or tsafsgw can do this

or the build in gwise one - dcopy ? or something like that

or in fact if no one is using it then you get all you need anyway - the best domain backup is having another domain

ie follow the rule (yes i know most of us break it but we shouldnt) - the primary domain gosts nothing

 

[bytehd]

toolbox copy doesnt use TSA mechanism.
if the agents are running, open files dont get copied.

George Walkey
Senior Geek in charge

http://www.insyncva.com

 

[terry712]

yes but nothing important is normally running 0 indexing and stuff like that which is irrelevant and you dont care

even the wphost.db etc arent that important as they are recreateable

 

[bytehd]

then i can leave the agents running.
still doesnt answer my original

George Walkey
Senior Geek in charge

http://www.insyncva.com

 

[terry712]

check it to make sure you are getting a good backup.

i run toolbox on a few servers for other stuff and i havent noticed an increase in msp's

i dont have a box that is running a gwia , webaccess and that to check

i tend to keep my webaccess on a totally sepreate box

perhaps marv runs a config like this an can comment

 

[bytehd]

ill reset the box and watch the SPs while i do an manual
Toolbox copy.

I just thought lots of SPs meant a server working too hard.

Thanks guys


George Walkey
Senior Geek in charge

http://www.insyncva.com

 

[terry712]

i was always taught to think of it as mcdonalds

the sp's are how many counters they have open.
if there are 20 customers andd 20 sp's then great
but if there are only 5 customers then you have 15 wasted bays

it's a case of stiking a balance

 

[bytehd]

indeed
i thought a full-blown FS with Veritas and 30 users
would use more than an identical 6.5 server running GW 6.5

In other words, one day I went looking at the numbers in
iManager and saw a disparity. Im formulating a montoring solution for my customers to use some form of SMS alerts, event log and service/host monitoring.

Proactive instead of reactive.
My clients have been calling me first when trouble strikes.

George Walkey
Senior Geek in charge

http://www.insyncva.com