Remember, when Oracle dumps core, it will create a file under the dump
directory, And /dev/null is not a directory. So you will get ORA-443 (PMON
not started) and ORA-9924 (directory not created properly) errors if dump
directories settings are pointed to non-directory files. Just try it on you
test db.
So, /dev/null may be a good idea but you won't be able to startup the
database !!!
- Kirti
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gilles PARC [SMTP:gparc_at_online.fr]
> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 6:56 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: core_dump_dest = /dev/null?
>
> At 05:38 25/05/2000 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> >> Here's an interesting thought - since Oracle very rarely wants the core
> >> dump files, and since they can consume a lot of space unless you
> >> routinely clean them up, is there any disadvantage to setting the
> >> core_dump_dest parameter to /dev/null? Has anyone actually tried this?
> >> Seems like it should work...
> >
>
> Core_dump_dest is supposed to point to a directory so
> /dev/null will probably not work.
>
> HTH
>
> Gilles Parc
> Email : gparc_at_mail.dotcom.fr
>
Received on Fri May 26 2000 - 10:44:29 CDT
