Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Update 1 Release Notes

Installer does not report component configuration failures due to a low file descriptor limit (5018734, 6523904)

If the system has a file descriptor limit of set too low, some components cannot be configured correctly. The installer does not report such configuration failures, but the configuration log files show the failures.

Solution Before installation, set the file descriptor limit to a high value, such as 1024 or 2048. After installation, you can reset the file descriptor limit back to its previous value.