New names for existing configuration parameters

The following SQL Server configuration parameters (formerly called “configuration variables”) have new names:

Table 6-8: New configuration parameter names for release 11.0

Old Name

New Name

T1204 (trace flag)

print deadlock information

T1603 (trace flag)

allow sql server async i/o

T1610 (trace flag)

tcp no delay

T1611 (trace flag)

lock shared memory

allow updates

allow updates to system tables

calignment

memory alignment boundary

cclkrate

sql server clock tick length

cfgcprot

permission cache entries

cguardsz

stack guard size

cindextrips

number of index trips

cmaxnetworks

max number network listeners

cmaxscheds

i/o polling process count

cnalarm

number of alarms

cnblkio

disk i/o structures

cnlanginfo

number of languages in cache

cnmaxaio_engine

max async i/os per engine

cnmaxaio_server

max async i/os per server

cnmbox

number of mailboxes

cnmsg

number of messages

coamtrips

number of oam trips

cpreallocext

number of pre-allocated extents

cpu flush

cpu accounting flush interval

cschedspins

runnable process search count

csortbufsize

number of sort buffers

csortpgcount

sort page count (Removed in release11.5.)

ctimemax

cpu grace time

database size

default database size

default language

default language id

devices

number of devices

extent i/o buffers

number of extent i/o buffers (Removed in 11.5.)

fillfactor

default fill factor percent

i/o flush

i/o accounting flush interval

language in cache

number of languages in cache

locks

number of locks

maximum network packet size

max network packet size

memory

total memory

mrstart

shared memory starting address

nested trigger

allow nested triggers

open databases

number of open databases

open objects

number of open objects

password expiration interval

systemwide password expiration

pre-read packets

remote server pre-read packets

procedure cache

procedure cache percent

recovery flags

print recovery information

recovery interval

recovery interval in minutes

remote access

allow remote access

remote connections

number of remote connections

remote logins

number of remote logins

remote sites

number of remote sites

sql server code size

executable code size

tape retention

tape retention in days

user connections

number of user connections