11gR2 install fails with “Hard Limit: maximum user processes” error
Just finished dealing with “Hard Limit: maximum user processes” error on Open Solaris 10 while installing 11gR2:
Oracle Metalink was useless — total waste of time — I hate that site now, it’s gone completely into the crapper.
SOLUTION (thanks to David D’Acquisto advice):
1) edit /etc/system as follows:
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=12025908428
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100
set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=10
set semsys:seminfo_semmni=100
set semsys:seminfo_semmns=1024
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1
set max_nprocs=30000
set maxuprc=16384
2) [...]