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OBIEE12c: System Components fails to start with Error "fork() failed due to insufficient memory" After Increasing The JVM Heap Size For Node Manager, Admin Server And Managed Server (Doc ID 2472499.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 05, 2021

Applies to:

Business Intelligence Server Enterprise Edition - Version 12.2.1.1.0 and later
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)

Symptoms

After increasing the JVM Heap size for Node Manager, Admin server And Managed Server by following the below document, all System Components fail to start with below error. 

Error:

Received error message from Node Manager Server: [Server start command for OBICCS server 'obiccs1' failed due to: [Unexpected exception from Plugin: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: fork() failed due to insufficient memory].

Received error message from Node Manager Server: [Server start command for OBIS server 'obis1' failed due to: [Unexpected exception from Plugin: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: fork() failed due to insufficient memory].

Received error message from Node Manager Server: [Server start command for OBIJH server 'obijh1' failed due to: [Unexpected exception from Plugin: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: fork() failed due to insufficient memory

Received error message from Node Manager Server: [Server start command for OBISCH server 'obisch1' failed due to: [Unexpected exception from Plugin: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: fork() failed due to insufficient memory

 

Documentation Used:

OBIEE 12c: Best Practices Guide for Infrastructure Tuning Oracle® Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c (12.2.1) (Doc ID 2106183.1)

2.2.6 Tune WebLogic Server Node Manager Java Heap Size <Node manager>
2.3 Tune 64bit Java Virtual Machines (JVM) <Admin server and Managed Server>

 Environment Details: OBIEE 12.2.1.1.0, Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit) 11

 

Cause

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