On systems with a large number of CPUs and a large number of zpools, "fork: Resource temporarily unavailable" errors occur even if sekpsize has already been increased
(Doc ID 2211699.1)
Last updated on JULY 20, 2023
Applies to:
Solaris Operating System - Version 11.1 to 11.3 [Release 11.0]Information in this document applies to any platform.
Not Applicable for Solaris 11.4 and above ( see unpublished bug 24798432 which sets segkp's new size to 380GB on Sparc and 315GB on x86 )
Symptoms
Nov 10 07:17:02 xxxxxx sshd[1022]: [ID 800047 auth.error] error: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
Changes
segkpsize was increased several times (up to 8G) but fork failures were still seen on the system
Cause
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