OSB 11g: Server Hangs with 'Too Many Open Files', Related to Socket Connections, "can't Identify Protocol"

(Doc ID 1572664.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 03, 2016

Applies to:

Oracle Service Bus - Version 11.1.1.6.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

On : 11.1.1.6.0 version, OSB Core

When running the server intermittently hangs with too many open files
the following error occurs.

ERROR
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On the lsof status, most part of the lines are reporting this message: "java 15797 --user-- 1823u sock 0,5 0t0 1706324654 can't identify protocol".

Also noted: 
 SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out Exceptions

Cause

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