2117778 - Messages: "XMLRpcHandler.handleRPC" Web Services stop receiving connections on Linux - ASE

• ASE Web Services initially work then refuses to satisfy any new invocations of remote methods.
• Normal logging shows nothing useful in the webservices error log.
• Turning on DEBUG level logging shows exceptions of the format:

2015-01-13 16:48:09.467 DEBUG [Thread-1892] - XMLRpcHandler.handleRPC
2015-01-13 16:48:09.467 DEBUG [Thread-1892] - RPC Name is: XMLCONNECT.AdvApllication_ep.<method name>
2015-01-13 16:48:09.467 DEBUG [Thread-1892] - XMLRpcHandler.handleWebMethod
2015-01-13 16:48:09.467 DEBUG [Thread-1892] - handling rcp name: XMLCONNECT.AdvApllication_ep.<method name>
2015-01-13 16:48:09.467 DEBUG [Thread-1892] - operation name is: <method name>
2015-01-13 16:48:09.467 DEBUG [Thread-1892] - Enter invoke
2015-01-13 16:48:09.468  INFO [Thread-1892] - Begin remote invocation of document/literal web method: [<method name>]
2015-01-13 16:48:09.509 DEBUG [Thread-1892] - Enter XMLReceiver.SendDone
2015-01-13 16:48:09.509 DEBUG [Thread-1892] - Exit XMLReceiver.SendDone
2015-01-13 16:48:09.509 ERROR [Thread-1892] - Begin exception dump.
2015-01-13 16:48:09.509 ERROR [Thread-1892] - AxisFault
 faultCode: {http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}Server
 faultSubcode:
 faultString: oracle.fabric.common.FabricException: The composite &quot;pcidss/pcidssAdvApplications!1.01*soa_ea7a5be4-a032-4cbe-a08c-7ef0aa341c25&quot; is retired. New instances cannot be initiated.
 faultActor:
 faultNode:
 faultDetail:
 {http://xml.apache.org/axis/}stackTrace:oracle.fabric.common.FabricException: The composite &quot;pcidss/pcidssAdvApplications!1.01*soa_ea7a5be4-a032-4cbe-a08c-7ef0aa341c25&quot; is retired. New instances cannot be initiated.
 at org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFaultBuilder.createFault(SOAPFaultBuilder.java:222)
 at org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFaultBuilder.endElement(SOAPFaultBuilder.java:129)
 at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.endElement(DeserializationContext.java:1087)
 at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source)
 at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown Source)
 at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)
 at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
 at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown Source)
 at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown Source)
 at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
 at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
 at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:392)
 at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.parse(DeserializationContext.java:227)
 at org.apache.axis.SOAPPart.getAsSOAPEnvelope(SOAPPart.java:696)
 at org.apache.axis.Message.getSOAPEnvelope(Message.java:435)
 at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.readFromSocket(HTTPSender.java:796)
 at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.invoke(HTTPSender.java:144)
 at org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:32)
 at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:118)
 at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:83)
 at org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:165)
 at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2784)
 at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2767)
 at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1792)
 at com.sybase.ase.ws.server.ase2operation.invokeDocumentImage(Unknown Source)
 at com.sybase.ase.ws.server.ase2operation.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at com.sybase.ase.ws.sds.XMLRpcHandler.handleWebMethod(Unknown Source)
 at com.sybase.ase.ws.sds.XMLRpcHandler.handleRPC(Unknown Source)
 at com.sybase.jdbc4.tds.XMLReceiver.handleRPC(Unknown Source)
 at com.sybase.jdbc4.tds.SrvReceiver.handleRPC(SrvReceiver.java:1553)
 at com.sybase.jdbc4.tds.SrvReceiver.rpc(SrvReceiver.java:643)
 at com.sybase.jdbc4.tds.SrvSession.fireEvent(SrvSession.java:677)
 at com.sybase.jdbc4.tds.SrvSession.processRequests(SrvSession.java:210)
 at com.sybase.jdbc4.tds.SrvSession.run(SrvSession.java:198)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:812)

 {http://xml.apache.org/axis/}hostname:<host>

oracle.fabric.common.FabricException: The composite "pcidss/pcidssAdvApplications!1.01*soa_ea7a5be4-a032-4cbe-a08c-7ef0aa341c25" is retired. New instances cannot be initiated.
 at org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFaultBuilder.createFault(SOAPFaultBuilder.java:222)
 at org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFaultBuilder.endElement(SOAPFaultBuilder.java:129)
 at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.endElement(DeserializationContext.java:1087)
 at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source)
 at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown Source)
 at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)
 at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
 at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown Source)
 at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown Source)
 at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
 at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
 at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:392)
 at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.parse(DeserializationContext.java:227)
 at org.apache.axis.SOAPPart.getAsSOAPEnvelope(SOAPPart.java:696)
 at org.apache.axis.Message.getSOAPEnvelope(Message.java:435)
 at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.readFromSocket(HTTPSender.java:796)
 at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.invoke(HTTPSender.java:144)
 at org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:32)
 at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:118)
 at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:83)
 at org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:165)
 at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2784)
 at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2767)
 at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1792)
 at com.sybase.ase.ws.server.ase2operation.invokeDocumentImage(Unknown Source)
 at com.sybase.ase.ws.server.ase2operation.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at com.sybase.ase.ws.sds.XMLRpcHandler.handleWebMethod(Unknown Source)
 at com.sybase.ase.ws.sds.XMLRpcHandler.handleRPC(Unknown Source)
 at com.sybase.jdbc4.tds.XMLReceiver.handleRPC(Unknown Source)
 at com.sybase.jdbc4.tds.SrvReceiver.handleRPC(SrvReceiver.java:1553)
 at com.sybase.jdbc4.tds.SrvReceiver.rpc(SrvReceiver.java:643)
 at com.sybase.jdbc4.tds.SrvSession.fireEvent(SrvSession.java:677)
 at com.sybase.jdbc4.tds.SrvSession.processRequests(SrvSession.java:210)
 at com.sybase.jdbc4.tds.SrvSession.run(SrvSession.java:198)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:812)

2015-01-13 16:48:09.509 ERROR [Thread-1892] - End exception dump.

• SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 15.7
• SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 16.0

fs.file-max, net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range, net.core.rmem_default, net.core.rmem_max, net.core.wmem_default, net.core.wmem_max, nofile, nfile, sybase_user