BPXI033E FORK SERVICE SHUTDOWN HAS FAILED. ISSUE F BPXOINIT,RESTART = FORKS TO RESTART FORK SERVICE; OR RE-IPL.

Explanation
This message is in response to a MODIFY BPXOINIT,SHUTDOWN = FORKS system command and indicates
that the SHUTDOWN of FORKS could not terminate all FORKed processes.

System action
An attempt was made to terminate all FORKed processes. Not all FORKed processes were terminated.
Any new attempts to FORK will be suspended until a MODIFY BPXOINIT,RESTART = FORKS has been
requested.

Operator response
Perform D OMVA,A = All to determine which FORKed processes must be canceled by the operator.

System programmer response
Try to determine why all FORKed processes were not terminated. If cause cannot be found, have
operator either issue a MODIFY BPXOINIT,RESTART = FORKS to restore FORK service, or schedule a
re-IPL of the system resources that prompted the shutdown of the FORK service.

Module
BPXINSHU

Source

z/OS UNIX System Services kernel (BPX)

Routing Code

1,10

Descriptor Code

11