Exadata: BROADCOM[287501]: ERROR SemCreate() Semget() Failed! No Space Left on Device (Doc ID 2421750.1)

Last updated on MARCH 05, 2020

Applies to:

Symptoms

On Dom0, Customer not able to deploy any new VM guest on the environment.

Errors in the /var/log/messages filled with below:

BROADCOM[289616]: ERROR       SemCreate() semget() failed! No space left on device
BROADCOM[289616]: ERROR       ngBmapiInitialize() LockCreate() failed!
BROADCOM[289616]: ERROR       ngBmapiInitialize() LockCreate() failed!
BROADCOM[289709]: ERROR       SemCreate() semget() failed! No space left on device
BROADCOM[289709]: ERROR       ngBmapiInitialize() LockCreate() failed!
BROADCOM[289709]: ERROR       ngBmapiInitialize() LockCreate() failed!

BROADCOM[180072]: ERROR /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids file should be updated#012
BROADCOM[180072]: ERROR GetSriovInfo() fopen() /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:af:00.0/virtfn0/uevent failed! 2 
BROADCOM[180072]: ERROR GetSriovInfo() fopen() /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:af:00.1/virtfn0/uevent failed! 2
BROADCOM[180236]: ERROR /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids file should be updated#012
BROADCOM[180236]: ERROR GetSriovInfo() fopen() /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:af:00.0/virtfn0/uevent failed! 2
BROADCOM[180236]: ERROR GetSriovInfo() fopen() /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:af:00.1/virtfn0/uevent failed! 2
BROADCOM[180365]: ERROR /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids file should be updated#012
BROADCOM[180365]: ERROR GetSriovInfo() fopen() /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:af:00.0/virtfn0/uevent failed! 2
BROADCOM[180365]: ERROR GetSriovInfo() fopen() /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:af:00.1/virtfn0/uevent OADCOM[358466]: ERROR
BROADCOM[180494]: ERROR /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids file should be updated#012

Changes

 No changes in the environment, the issue occurred on Exadata X-7 environment 

Cause

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