Bulk import fails with coredump, 'mgvMemoryAlloc' errors

Problem Symptoms

Start a bulk import at command line and receive following:

bulkimport started. Reports will be in /m1/voyager/xxxdb/rpt. 
Bulkimport Process id: NNNN 
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'mgvMemoryAlloc' 
/tmp/Pdobulkimport.20181210.0810.6259: line 2: MMMM: Abort(coredump) 

Cause

Import file is too large / insufficient memory on server to handle file's size

Resolution

Split the file into multiple imports. Recommended import size is 10,000 or fewer records per process.

• Article last edited: 10-Dec-2018