OL 7 - Unable To Perform any OS Related Operations "/usr/bin/procps: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable"
(Doc ID 2662952.1)
Last updated on MAY 06, 2020
Applies to:
Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.0 and laterInformation in this document applies to any platform.
Symptoms
Not able to perform any OS related operations on OL7 servers, following errors block command execution.
$ ps -ef
/usr/bin/procps: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
/usr/bin/procps: fork: retry: No child processes
/usr/bin/procps: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
/usr/bin/procps: fork: retry: No child processes
/usr/bin/procps: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
Additionally top command will report high load average even without any application running.
Changes
Cause
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