Re: "Out of Memory: Killed process" errors on server running Oracle

[wolf2k5 <wolf2k5 gmail com>]

On 7/17/07, Eric Sisler <esisler westminster lib co us> wrote:
> "...This problem results from a change in the way the Linux version 2.6
> kernel's OOM process killer works. In the version 2.4 kernel, the OOM
> process killer killed the process that requested more memory than could
> be provided. In version 2.6, this behavior changed so that the OOM
> process killer kills the largest active process, regardless of the
> process whose request exceeded available memory."

We're seeing the same issue on a RHEL4 host running VMware Server with
several VMs.

Do you have the link to the VMware KB? What do they suggest to do?

Thanks.