3596096 - hdbnameserver exited because it caught signal 11 with core

Symptom

HANA is not getting started, in daemon server trace, hdbnameserver exited because it caught signal 11 error can be found.

[25978]{-1}[-1/-1] 2025-03-12 11:58:44.123456 i Daemon DaemonHandle.cpp(00340) : Process 'hdbnameserver', pid 12345 exited because it caught signal 11 with core
[25978]{-1}[-1/-1] 2025-04-12 11:58:44.123456 i Daemon DaemonHandle.cpp(00367) : Program 'hdbnameserver' failed during startup. Service is essential, shutting down all instances

Meanwhile in OS log /var/log/messages, following error is reported.

2025-03-12T11:58:44.123456-01:00 ab-c-defg1hij systemd-coredump[12345]: Process 12345 (hdbnameserver) of user 1234 terminated abnormally without generating a coredump.

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Environment

SAP HANA, platform edition 1.0
SAP HANA, platform edition 2.0

Product

SAP HANA 1.0, platform edition ; SAP HANA, platform edition 2.0

Keywords

signal 11, not getting started, OS compatibility, nameserver , KBA , HAN-DB , SAP HANA Database , Problem

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