Insufficient memory when installing UNIX S-TAP

If you receive the following error: modprobe: ERROR: could not insert ‘ktap’: Cannot allocate memory, your system might not have enough memory.

Symptoms

When trying to install S-TAP, K-TAP fails with the following error modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'ktap': Cannot allocate memory.

Causes

The K-TAP installation can fail when the kernel has insufficient memory. This kind of error usually indicates that there is system resource issue on the server.

Environment

Any Guardium Linux-UNIX S-TAP.

Resolving the problem

Make sure that your system has sufficient kernel memory allocated.