[Info-vax] Process quota problem after upgrade to 8.4-2L1

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2020-12-21 09:26:10 +0000, Joukj said:

> I recently upgraded my alpha's from OpenVMS 8.4 to 8.4-2L1. Everything 
> was fine and all the satelites came up smoothly with Decwindows running.
> After some days I had to reboot a satelite, but it appears that is 
> booting correctly, but has problems to get the Decwindow-login screen 
> on the display. It continues retrying, but every time it fails.
> ...
> Final status text: %SYSTEM-F-EXQUOTA, process quota exceeded
> ...
> Can someone get me some hints how to solve this problem?

Check the PQL minimum parameter settings, check the current SYSTEM 
quotas from a fresh OpenVMS install and also check those quotas against 
current DECwindows requirements, and then failing that incrementally 
double each of the pooled process quotas (BYTLM, ENQLM, FILLM, 
PGFLQUOTA, PRCLM, TQELM) until it starts working again.

OpenVMS upgrades and DECwindows upgrades don't raise user quotas to any 
newly-applied minimums that might have gotten shipped.

~Forty years in, we're also prolly not going to see better logging 
implemented within $creprc, or see $creprc switching to the 
long-available quota-specific errors due to "compatibility", either.

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