Connection to PDS gives error 5006 (Project Server 2003)

[Jan]

Hi,

I am loading resources into EPM using the PDS. Having loaded about 100
resources (I need to load 1000 resouces), the PDS comes back with the
error 5006 "Unable to create a session for the user."

To be able to continue I need to reboot the server which is not an
option in a production environment. I tried to reset IIS but that does
not solve the problem.

Should I restart a service on project server or what can I do to
prevent the error rather than reboot?

What is the cause of the behaviour. Does IIS session creation routine
get mixed up due to a memory leak on the server perhaps?

Is there a setting on IIS perhaps to help it cope with session
creation?

Please Help!

Thanks

Jan

 

[mark.everett]

Jan,
I am not sure if this is the solution, but watched this error cause a
major issue with a client several weeks ago. In the PDS, you code
checks out a cookie. Each time you do that, you are opening a port.
There are a finite number of ports and once they are all used up, the
Session Manager Service stops. Check the Event Logs to see if the
Session Manager is stopping.

In our case, this didn't occur until about 1700 resources ran, but I
don't know what else you are doing. The code should be optimized to
only check out a cookie when necessary.

Also, there are some some IIS "modifications" (some people might call
them hacks) out there that allow you to increase the number of ports
available to IIS.

Hope this helps,
Mark Everett
www.quantumpm.com