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Veeam | kb3213
"Too many open files" error during SAP on Oracle backup
Last update date:
3/2/2021
Affected products:
Veeam Backup & Replication
Affected releases:
11
Fixed releases:
No fixed releases provided.
Description:
Challenge
The backup job performed by Veeam Plug-in for SAP on Oracle fails with the following error: "Too many open files. Please increase the file descriptor limit. You may refer to the KB 3213 for more information"
Cause
The "Too many open files" error happens when a process needs to open more files than the operating system allows. The issue can occur if Veeam Plug-in for SAP on Oracle uses a lot of parallel channels to transfer data to Veeam backup repository while the file descriptor system limit on the database server is not high enough.
Solution
There are 2 workarounds: You can decrease the number of used parallel channels by changing the plug-in configuration. To change the number of parallel channels, run the following command on the SAP on Oracle server:
