LINUX client reports error "too many open files" after ONTAP upgrade
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- TIBCO (Entire Product line running on LINUX)
- Any LINUX Application that uses alot of file descriptors
Issue
- After ONTAP upgrade, you will see similar errors in /var/messages :
<timestamp>:service: failed: too many open files.
- Below error is from TIBCO EMS:
ERROR: Accept () failed: too many open files. Please check per-process and system-wide limits on the number of open files.