Bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable error when trying to launch a bash shell in a DX NetOps Spectrum

Products

• Network Observability

Issue/Introduction

When trying to launch a bash shell on our DX NetOps Spectrum System, users are seeing the following error:

Environment

All Supported Releases

Windows

Resolution

This is typically caused by anti-virus scanning of the <SPECROOT>/NT-Tools/SRE directory. As a best practice, administrators should exclude the <SPECROOT> directory from any anti-virus scans to ensure all product functionality.