View the number of file descriptors remaining

Before you begin

The performance monitoring (perfmon) metrics must be enabled or you must set LC_PERFM to debug.

About this task

The mbatchd daemon can log a large number of files in a short period when you submit a large number of jobs to LSF. You can view the remaining file descriptors at any time.

Restriction:

Applies to UNIX hosts only.

Procedure

Run badmin perfmon view.

The free, used, and total amount of file descriptors display.

On AIX5, 64-bit hosts, if the file descriptor limit has never been changed, the maximum value displays: 9223372036854775797.