# Solaris 10 mlockall error code **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 21, 2014, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solaris-10-mlockall-error-code/18758 "2014-07-21T09:09:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![James\_Pace](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/james_pace/32/1399_2.png) [@James\_Pace](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Pace)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solaris-10-mlockall-error-code/18758/1 "2014-07-21T09:09:45Z")
We have been having issues running ES with the bootstrap.mlockall: true setting. We get the following error: [2014-07-21 09:56:44,436][WARN][common.jna] Unknown mlockall error 11 I have googled around and looked in the solaris documentation for the description of the error codes and I have been unsuccessful. The solaris docs are here [http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26505\_01/html/816-5168/mlockall-3c.html#REFMAN3Amlockall-3c](http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26505_01/html/816-5168/mlockall-3c.html#REFMAN3Amlockall-3c) but they only list 3 error codes. Is the error code 11 generated by ES? Our box has a total of 64 gigs of RAM and we give 32gigs to ES. We are running it using Oracle Java 1.7.13 64bit. Any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solaris-10-mlockall-error-code/18758/2 "2014-07-21T09:16:51Z")
What elasticsearch version are you on? Regards, Mark Walkom Infrastructure Engineer Campaign Monitor email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) On 21 July 2014 19:09, James Pace [james.a.pace@gmail.com](mailto:james.a.pace@gmail.com) wrote: > We have been having issues running ES with the bootstrap.mlockall: true > setting. We get the following error: > > [2014-07-21 09:56:44,436][WARN][common.jna] Unknown mlockall error 11 > > I have googled around and looked in the solaris documentation for the > description of the error codes and I have been unsuccessful. The solaris > docs are here > [http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26505\_01/html/816-5168/mlockall-3c.html#REFMAN3Amlockall-3c](http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26505_01/html/816-5168/mlockall-3c.html#REFMAN3Amlockall-3c) but > they only list 3 error codes. Is the error code 11 generated by ES? > > Our box has a total of 64 gigs of RAM and we give 32gigs to ES. We are > running it using Oracle Java 1.7.13 64bit. Any help on the matter would be > greatly appreciated! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YbdrUjNe-S4UKvZcBQgnPup4QF3nidxLzLmDc82yd4mg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YbdrUjNe-S4UKvZcBQgnPup4QF3nidxLzLmDc82yd4mg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![James\_Pace](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/james_pace/32/1399_2.png) [@James\_Pace](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Pace)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solaris-10-mlockall-error-code/18758/3 "2014-07-21T09:23:37Z")
Ooops good point! We are running version 1.2.1 On Monday, 21 July 2014 10:18:15 UTC+1, Mark Walkom wrote: > What elasticsearch version are you on? > > Regards, > Mark Walkom > > Infrastructure Engineer > Campaign Monitor > email: [ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) \ > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) > > On 21 July 2014 19:09, James Pace \<[james....@gmail.com](mailto:james....@gmail.com) \\> > wrote: > > > We have been having issues running ES with the bootstrap.mlockall: true > > setting. We get the following error: > > > > [2014-07-21 09:56:44,436][WARN][common.jna] Unknown mlockall error 11 > > > > I have googled around and looked in the solaris documentation for the > > description of the error codes and I have been unsuccessful. The solaris > > docs are here > > [http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26505\_01/html/816-5168/mlockall-3c.html#REFMAN3Amlockall-3c](http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26505_01/html/816-5168/mlockall-3c.html#REFMAN3Amlockall-3c) but > > they only list 3 error codes. Is the error code 11 generated by ES? > > > > Our box has a total of 64 gigs of RAM and we give 32gigs to ES. We are > > running it using Oracle Java 1.7.13 64bit. Any help on the matter would be > > greatly appreciated! > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9b4fa7b1-2561-4f33-8a60-969ff317206b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9b4fa7b1-2561-4f33-8a60-969ff317206b%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solaris-10-mlockall-error-code/18758/4 "2014-07-21T11:35:57Z")
Error 11 is a POSIX error number (errno) and means EAGAIN, "Resource temporarily unavailable", which is documented. On Solaris 10, this means, you must first allow the Elasticsearch user to allocate this amount of virtual memory. Switch to Elasticsearch user and then check the following values prctl -n project.max-shm-memory $$ prctl -n process.max-address-space $$ Then the sys admin could create a project with projadd and projmod and change resource limits for the Elasticsearch user. The error can also mean that Solaris has not enough memory for mlockall because there is already software running using the memory, or it the free memory is too fragmented. Jörg On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 11:09 AM, James Pace [james.a.pace@gmail.com](mailto:james.a.pace@gmail.com) wrote: > We have been having issues running ES with the bootstrap.mlockall: true > setting. We get the following error: > > [2014-07-21 09:56:44,436][WARN][common.jna] Unknown mlockall error 11 > > I have googled around and looked in the solaris documentation for the > description of the error codes and I have been unsuccessful. The solaris > docs are here > [http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26505\_01/html/816-5168/mlockall-3c.html#REFMAN3Amlockall-3c](http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26505_01/html/816-5168/mlockall-3c.html#REFMAN3Amlockall-3c) but > they only list 3 error codes. Is the error code 11 generated by ES? > > Our box has a total of 64 gigs of RAM and we give 32gigs to ES. We are > running it using Oracle Java 1.7.13 64bit. Any help on the matter would be > greatly appreciated! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoH%3DJQqs6UY7e2bO7z%3DhGacdMq\_AJvoZpYCFfKqCAqMWaA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoH%3DJQqs6UY7e2bO7z%3DhGacdMq_AJvoZpYCFfKqCAqMWaA%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![James\_Pace](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/james_pace/32/1399_2.png) [@James\_Pace](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Pace)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solaris-10-mlockall-error-code/18758/5 "2014-07-21T13:15:56Z")
Thanks for the information, I'll chase it up and let you know how I get on. James On Monday, 21 July 2014 12:36:09 UTC+1, Jörg Prante wrote: > Error 11 is a POSIX error number (errno) and means EAGAIN, "Resource > temporarily unavailable", which is documented. > > On Solaris 10, this means, you must first allow the Elasticsearch user to > allocate this amount of virtual memory. > > Switch to Elasticsearch user and then check the following values > > prctl -n project.max-shm-memory $$ > prctl -n process.max-address-space $$ > > Then the sys admin could create a project with projadd and projmod and > change resource limits for the Elasticsearch user. > > The error can also mean that Solaris has not enough memory for mlockall > because there is already software running using the memory, or it the free > memory is too fragmented. > > Jörg > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 11:09 AM, James Pace \<[james....@gmail.com](mailto:james....@gmail.com) > \\> wrote: > > > We have been having issues running ES with the bootstrap.mlockall: true > > setting. We get the following error: > > > > [2014-07-21 09:56:44,436][WARN][common.jna] Unknown mlockall error 11 > > > > I have googled around and looked in the solaris documentation for the > > description of the error codes and I have been unsuccessful. The solaris > > docs are here > > [http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26505\_01/html/816-5168/mlockall-3c.html#REFMAN3Amlockall-3c](http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26505_01/html/816-5168/mlockall-3c.html#REFMAN3Amlockall-3c) but > > they only list 3 error codes. Is the error code 11 generated by ES? > > > > Our box has a total of 64 gigs of RAM and we give 32gigs to ES. We are > > running it using Oracle Java 1.7.13 64bit. Any help on the matter would be > > greatly appreciated! > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/bc9ba19f-c798-4e7f-9977-c9707709c47e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f503e0b0-2e6b-4b6d-9e0e-07c2858783df%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f503e0b0-2e6b-4b6d-9e0e-07c2858783df%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
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