Before Red Hat Enterprise Linux installations only

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About this task

Perform this procedure for application systems that use the Red Hat Enterprise Linux® operating system only.

Make the following system changes:

Procedure

  1. If the base locale for the system is English, edit the /etc/sysconfig/i18n file by changing the SUPPORTED variable from en_US.utf8 to en_US. You can also allow multiple support using the following format: 
    
en_US.utf8:en_US

    Save and close the /etc/sysconfig/i18n file.

  2. Edit the /etc/security/limits.conf file by adding the following lines: 
    
*   hard   nofile   8196
*   soft   nofile   2048
*   hard   memlock   3000000
*   soft   memlock   4000000
*   hard   nproc   16000
*   soft   nproc   16000
*   hard   stack   512000
*   soft   stack   512000

    This updates the system ulimits.

    Save and close the /etc/security/limits.conf file.

  3. Reboot the system.