[Simh] VAX memory

[gérard Calliet]

Apologies to simh. I discovered a wrong value for CTLPAGES parameter.

Thanks,

Gérard Calliet


Le 19/01/2017 à 21:32, Mark Pizzolato a écrit :
> On Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 12:25 PM, gérard Calliet wrote:
>> I use simh to emulate a VAX. It seems I have a strange issue.
>> I have a process which use a huge number of logical names. So it uses
>> memory. With a physical VAX of 128m it was difficult but possible.
>> I use the same system disk (upgraded from VMS 6 to VMS 7.3).
>> I use last version of simh with 512m and I get a "%SYSTEM-F-INSFMEM,
>> insufficient dynamic memory" message.
>> I thought new version of VMS needed more memory, so I add a lot to all the
>> memory parameters. Same problem.
>> When I do a $show mem, it seems there is enought memory, when I do a
>> $show process/account it seems the process is not out of its limit.
>> Could it be some issue from simh? Did someone encount such problem?
> Your problem is absolutely related to proper tuning of the VMS system and
> is NOT a simh specific problem.
>
> Upgrading VMS from V6 to V7.3 would reasonably require some tuning
> adjustments.  Proper examination of the running system along with
> reasonable input data (MODPARAMS and FEEDBACK) to the AUTOGEN
> process would be appropriate.
>


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