1778251 - Product or Service Pack Installation of BusinessObjects Enterprise fails and gives error "The fork function failed. Too many processes already exist."

Symptom

During the installation of a BusinessObjects Enterprise service pack, fix pack, or the product itself the installation fails and the following message is reported by the operating system:

The fork function failed. Too many processes already exist.

Environment

All AIX Operating Systems

Product

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0 ; SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0, feature pack 3 ; SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.1 ; SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 ; SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1

Keywords

KBA , BI-BIP-DEP , Webapp Deployment, Networking, Vulnerabilities, Webservices , Problem

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