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File Descriptors
If you are running a Domino R5 server on Solaris, you need to have the following parameter in your /etc/system file. If this parameter is not present already, add it and reboot the server:

set rlim_fd_max=32768

This will allow for enough file descriptors to run the server.

NOTE: If you are running any older third-party applications that use the select() function call, this setting can cause them to malfunction. Such applications may experience errors while trying to use the select() call. This can happen if the application sets the soft limit to the hard limit and then consumes more than 1024 file descriptors. A workaround to this is to become root user in a shell, change the hard limit to 1024, and then su to the user that runs the application.

Priority Paging
To use priority paging, you need Solaris 2.6 (SPARC) with at least kernel patch 105181-09.

To enable priority paging, set the following in the file /etc/system:

set priority_paging=1

NOTE: This priority paging recommendation does not apply to servers running Solaris 8, because this version of the operating system subsumes the priority paging mechanism in its new file system caching architecture. Do not set this value in /etc/system on Solaris 8 systems.

Fault Recovery - Solaris 2.6 or greater
If you are using the Fault Recovery feature on Solaris 2.6 or greater, you must add the following line to /etc/system and reboot:

set msgsys:msginfo_msgtql=1024

This needs to be set on Solaris because Fault Recovery uses message queues. The default for Solaris is 40 messages per queue, and Fault Recovery requires more than 40 messages in this queue. This setting increases it from 40 to 1024. For additional information, please see "Fault Recovery" in the 'Documentation updates - Administering the Domino System' chapter of these release notes.

Update Information: Solaris 7
There are no additional settings for Solaris 7 beyond those described in this Release Note.

Note: Support for Intel x.86 ended with R5.0.10
Domino for Solaris Intel x.86 will no longer be updated starting with 5.0.11.  The last version of Domino for Solaris Intel x.86 is 5.0.10, and no subsequent versions will be developed.  Existing deployments of Domino 5.0.10 and Domino versions prior to 5.0.10 will continue to be fully supported on Solaris Intel x.86.