maxcandprocs

The maxcandprocs option specifies the number of parallel threads in the scout daemons that can scan for file systems.

Tip: When automatic migration is driven by GPFS™ policy, the dsmscoutd daemon is disabled, and the maxcandprocs option has no effect.

Options File

Place this option at the beginning of the dsm.sys file before any server stanzas.

Syntax


1  MAXCANDProcs number

Parameters

number
Specifies the maximum number parallel threads in the scout daemons that can scan file systems. The range of values is 2 - 20. The default is 5.