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From: frank@gremlin.austin.ibm.com (Frank Feuerbacher)
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Subject: Re: "no more processes" crash AIX 2.2.1
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Date: 9 Nov 90 21:23:34 GMT
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In article <19700008@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu>, beaucham@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
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> We have been experiencing quite a few crashes due to "no more processes" on
> our RT running AIX 2.2.1.

Sounds like you have reached the maximum number of processes for your system.
Look in /etc/master.  There are several stanzas of interest:
  procs     <-- I think this is max # of procs on system.
  maxprocs  <-- I think this is max # of procs per login.
  callouts  <-- Might need adjusting on busy systems.
  filetab   <-- Max # of open files on system
  inodetab  <-- ditto, should be same value.

Change the values as desired.
Rebuild the kernel.
Reboot

You may want to look these up in your system management book.


- Frank Feuerbacher


Disclaimer: I don't speak for my employer and they don't speak for me.