OBIEE 12c Slow Startup and Shutdown within Linux
When the entropy pool is low, then the OS needs to add bytes back to the pool. This can be a blocking operation and cause hangs or slowness when performing such tasks such as using nodemanger, starting Weblogic, etc
- Check the default system entropy pool
$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize
4096
4096
- Check the currently available entropy pool
$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail
396
396
If below 500 then it will be slow.....
How can I add to the entropy pool to resolve this issue? You Can Download rngd if not installed using Yum install
rngd -r /dev/urandom -o /dev/random -b You can configure it permanently by adding the following to /etc/sysconfig/rngd : EXTRAOPTIONS="-i -r /dev/urandom -o /dev/random -b -t 60 -W 4096" This will generate to the entropy pool ever 60 seconds until the size is 4096. You can change to the desired time and size with the '-t' (time) and '-W' (size) parameters. Conclusion With the entropy settings in place it almost halfs the time OBIEE takes to Start and Shutdown so convinient when your changing weblogic or EM settings. |
