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E-AS: How to Solve "ERROR: shmget(creat) failure: errno = 28, key = 48373 LIBTUX_CAT:341: ERROR: Could not allocate bulletin board shared memory" (Doc ID 2527473.1)

Last updated on APRIL 07, 2019

Applies to:

PeopleSoft Enterprise PT PeopleTools - Version 8.51 to 8.57 [Release 8.4]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

How to solve the sequence of errors encountered when booting the Application Server Domain on Solaris Operating System:

ERROR: shmget(creat) failure: errno = 28, key = 48373
BBL.10720.1.0: LIBTUX_CAT:341: ERROR: Could not allocate bulletin board shared memory
BBL.10720.1.0: LIBTUX_CAT:248: ERROR: System init function failed, Uunixerr = : shmget: Error 0
tmboot.10719.1.-2: CMDTUX_CAT:825: ERROR: Process BBL at <appdom> failed with /T tperrno (TPEOS - operating system error)
tmboot.10719.1.-2: tmboot: CMDTUX_CAT:827: ERROR: Fatal error encountered; initiating user error handler
tmboot.10719.1.-2: FATAL: CMDTUX_CAT:828: ERROR: Cannot create error process - fork() failed

 

This issue relates to Shared Memory resources. The IPC resources can become abandoned on Solaris Operating Systems.

 

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