Strange behaviour on Openserver 5.0.2 after 09/2015


 
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Old 09-08-2015
Strange behaviour on Openserver 5.0.2 after 09/2015

Dear friends,
i am having some Problems with a Sco Openserver in a Box (normally on VMWare, importing it on a Virtualbox does the same).

When i boot up the system on xx/09/2015 i got fork failed - too many processes during startup.
The programs which should run on the server, do not run.
I can login, but i got no shell, instead i got: cannot fork to run /usr/bin/mapkey: Resource temporarily unavailable (error 11).

When i start the single user mode, then change the date to 08/2015, for example 31/08/2015, and then restart the server; it comes up like a charm, without any error.

If i change then the date of the system to the actual date the Server is working.

I have already tried a lot to make the server start the programs normally at boot time with the right date, but no luck:
disabling init scripts <P80
adding second swap space
adjusting Kernel Parameters (just doubling the values) on scoadmin -> kernel manager -> tune parameters -> users and group configuration

Does anybody know this kind of behaviour and has a hint for me?

thanks a lot
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Old 09-08-2015
You cannot start the machine with a date earlier than the install date. The install date is entered MMDDYYYY, but your post uses DDMMYYYY. Did you possibly set up the system with the wrong date?
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Old 09-08-2015
in Germany we write the date like this: DD.MM.YYYY
When i start the machine with a day in Aug 2015, it works
when i start it with the actual date 8th Sep 2015 i got the described errors.

the installation date is somewhere in 1998. that should not be the problem.
i also checked the license of the sco server. it should run through Jan 2038
# 4  
Old 09-08-2015
Try starting the machine with an August date, then as root change the date.
Code:
#date -t 20150908hhmm.ss; setclk -r

# 5  
Old 09-08-2015
yes, that works. That is what i already did to keep the services on the machine working.

i have to set the date in the past before i shutdown and then regain it with setclk -r after boot. on the last init script for example.

this is a good workaround.

but it would be nice if there is a way to make the sco machine start properly with the right actual date
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Old 09-08-2015
Should I infer from your first post that you have, or can create, a test installation.
If so, is any evidence of where the failure occurs left in either /usr/adm/messages, or in the /etc/rc2.d/messages directory?
Is there a possibility that some non SCO application has an end date?
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Old 09-08-2015
yes, i have a test system. every week, the system is been shut down and backup-ed automatically. that is why the clean startup with the right date is necessary.

/usr/adm/messages contains only the spalsh screen from the startup, and the .log files in /etc/rc2.d/messages contain only the messages with fork failed - too many processes.

the non-sco software running on the server is loaded by S99, long after the first fork failed message apperars

---------- Post updated at 08:17 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:44 AM ----------

by the way, on normal startup the first message appears after "Starting TCP services: snmpd routed"
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