The event processing process (eventd) could not create a child process for executing policies.
The problem related to this syslog message is described in the following sections:
The EVENTD_FORK_ERR message is logged each time the event process fails to create a child process to execute policies.
When an EVENTD_FORK_ERR event occurs, a message similar to the following is reported:
eventd: EVENTD_FORK_ERR: Unable to fork: <error-message>
The cause may be due to an eventd internal table corruption, software error, or there is not sufficient system resources such as memory to initiate the child process.
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Look for any related events that occurred at or just before the EVENTD_FORK_ERR message.
Perform these steps:
- Check the system processes output to see if there is sufficient memory available to spawn a new process.
- During a maintenance window, as it will impact transit traffic, try to restart the eventd process. For more information on restarting a process, refer to Restart a Junos Software Process.