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Resource manager - "Too many open files" error message

Troubleshooting


Problem

What is the possible cause for the error message "Too many open files" on the resource manager?

Symptom

Documents are not storing on the resource manager and a set of error messages similar to the following are found in the resource manager log file.

ICMRM:ERROR 2008-09-11 16:52:56.122000 context: [WebContainer : 310] - java.io.FileNotFoundException: /lbosf01/lbosdata/00001/42/L1.A1001001A08I11A95134B84725.V1 (Too many open files) - getInputStream(FileSystem.java:311)
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /lbosf01/lbosdata/00001/42/L1.A1001001A08I11A95134B84725.V1 (Too many open files)

ICMRM:ERROR 2008-09-11 16:52:56.124000 context: [WebContainer : 310] - com.ibm.mm.icmrm.exceptions.RMIOException: /lbosf01/lbosdata/00001/42/L1.A1001001A08I11A95134B84725.V1 (Too many open files) - retrieveObject(RMDatastore.java:1145)
com.ibm.mm.icmrm.exceptions.RMIOException: /lbosf01/lbosdata/00001/42/L1.A1001001A08I11A95134B84725.V1 (Too many open files)

ICMRM:ERROR 2008-09-11 16:52:56.117000 context: [WebContainer : 295] - java.io.IOException: The process file table is full. - getOutputStream(FileSystem.java:166)
java.io.IOException: The process file table is full.
at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:876)

[{"Product":{"code":"SSRS7Z","label":"IBM Content Manager Enterprise Edition"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Usage","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"8.4.1.1;8.4.1;8.4.0.1;8.4;8.4.2","Edition":"Enterprise","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21393774