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RE: hang/wait problem

From: Alex Hillman <alex_hillman_at_physia.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 15:03:51 -0400
Message-Id: <10527.109048@fatcity.com>


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One gess is that maybe Gaja has larger head than we are, however it doesn't look like that, so maybe there is something else (what could it be? - kidding ).

Alex Hillman

-----Original Message-----
From: Jared Still [mailto:jkstill_at_bcbso.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 11:54 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: hang/wait problem

Thanks Gaja.

Too many features, too many versions, and I can't keep it straight in my head as to which version has what feature.

How *do* you do it? :)

Jared

On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Gaja Krishna Vaidyanatha wrote:

> Jared my buddy,
>
> How goes it? Please allow me to make a small modification to
> your response which says 7.x. The "warm start" feature of
> instance recovery was introduced in 7.3. The rollback is done
> after the database is opened starting in 7.3.0 and above.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gaja.
>
>
> --- Jared Still <jkstill_at_bcbso.com> wrote:
> >
> > If the session is waiting on rollback, you will have to
> > wait it out anyway after bouncing the DB in ORacle 7.x, as
> > the rollback must complete before the DB is opened.
> >
> > Jared
> >
> > On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Chuck Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I see this happen frequently. You kill a session from within
> > oracle and
> > > it doesn't go away. If the platform is unix, you might want
> > to try to kill
> > > the server process too. To get the PID use this query....
> > >
> > > select SPID from v$process p, v$session s
> > > where s.sid = '<SID_TO_KILL>' and p.addr = s.p_addr;
> > >
> > > You need to run this quest before trying to kill the session
> > though.
> > > V$PROCESS no longer holds the row for the session in
> > question after the "kill session."
> > > The only other ways to clean up "marked for kill" sessions
> > is to a) boucne the instance, or b) wait it out.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ruth Gramolini wrote:
> > >
> > > Try looking at v$lock and get the SID of the user who is
> > causing the
> > > trouble from this and check v$session for the serial# or
> > this user using
> > > the SID. Then you can issue this sql:
> > > alter system kill session 'SID,SEREAL#';Ruth B. Gramolini
> > > ORACLE & DB2 DBA
> > > VT Dept. of Taxes
> > > ph# 802.828.5708
> > > fax# 802.828..3754
> > > rgramolini_at_tax.state.vt.us
> > > to kill the user's session.
> > >
> > > HTH
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 4:06 PM
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I'm having a hang/wait problem with one of my systems, and
> > this is the
> > > > information I've gleaned. I want to alter a table
> > nologging:
> > > >
> > > > SVRMGR> alter table bvadmin.MR_purchased_items nologging ;
> > > >
> > > > alter table bvadmin.MR_purchased_items nologging
> > > >
> > > > *
> > > >
> > > > ORA-00054: resource busy and acquire with NOWAIT specified
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to kill the user I believe has the table:
> > > > 11 rows selected.
> > > >
> > > > SVRMGR> select * from v$session ;
> > > >
> > > > SADDR SID SERIAL# AUDSID PADDR USER# USERNAME
> > > >
> > > > -------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------
> > ----------
> > > > ---------------
> > > > AB1C6328 1 1 0 AB1A1A04 0
> > > >
> > > > AB1C6B54 2 1 0 AB1A1CF4 0
> > > >
> > > > AB1C7380 3 1 0 AB1A1FE4 0
> > > >
> > > > AB1C7BAC 4 1 0 AB1A22D4 0
> > > >
> > > > AB1C83D8 5 1 0 AB1A25C4 0
> > > >
> > > > AB1C8C04 6 1 0 AB1A28B4 0
> > > >
> > > > AB1C9430 7 68 0 AB1A2BA4 0
> > > >
> > > > AB1CA488 9 348 1943952 AB1A3474 41 BVADMIN
> > > > <-------
> > > > AB1CACB4 10 15 0 AB1A2E94 0
> > > >
> > > > AB1CC538 13 8768 0 AB1A3764 0 SYS
> > > >
> > > > 10 rows selected.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Oracle says it's marked to kill, and has been for 15+
> > minutes (won't go
> > > > away). I'm also seeing this message in the alert log:
> > > >
> > > > Wed Jun 7 12:11:55 2000
> > > >
> > > > ORACLE Instance PETS - Can not allocate log, archival
> > required
> > > >
> > > > Wed Jun 7 12:11:55 2000
> > > >
> > > > ARCH: Connecting to console port...
> > > >
> > > > Thread 1 cannot allocate new log, sequence 6
> > > >
> > > > All online logs needed archiving
> > > >
> > > > Current log# 5 seq# 5 mem# 0:
> > > > /opt/oracle/app/oracle/oradata/PETS/log1/redoPEg
> > > > Current log# 5 seq# 5 mem# 1:
> > > > /opt/oracle/app/oracle/oradata/PETS/log2/redoPEg
> > > > Fri Jun 9 10:02:58 2000
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Archiving is turned off (SVRMGR> ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG
> > STOP;ORA-0250:
> > > > archiver not started .
> > > >
> > > > Is this sufficient information to tell if these messages
> > are related, and
> > > > can you recommend a course of action to 1) kill the user,
> > and 2) add
> > > another
> > > > log or turn on archiving, which would aleiviate this
> > problem?
> > > >
> > > > I tried to shutdown immediate, but it hung for 20+ minutes
> > before I
> > > > cancelled the shutdown.
> > > >
> > > > Any information is appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards, and thanks for the help.
> > > >
> > > > Linda
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Author: Linda Hagedorn
> > > > INET: Linda_at_pets.com
> > > >
> > > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858)
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> > >
> > > --
> > > Author: Ruth Gramolini
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> > >
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> > > ---------------------------------
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> >
> > Jared Still
> > Certified Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist ;-)
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> > jkstill_at_teleport.com - private
> >
> >
> > --
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>
> =====
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>One gess is that maybe Gaja has larger head than we =
are, however it doesn't look like that, so maybe there is something =
else (what could it be? - kidding ).</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Alex Hillman</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Jared Still [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:jkstill_at_bcbso.com">mailto:jkstill_at_bcbso.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 11:54 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: Re: hang/wait problem </FONT>
</P>
<BR>
<BR>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Thanks Gaja.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Too many features, too many versions, and I =
can't</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>keep it straight in my head as to which =
version</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>has what feature.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>How *do* you do it?&nbsp; :)</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Jared</FONT>
</P>
<BR>
<BR>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Gaja Krishna Vaidyanatha =
wrote:</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; Jared my buddy,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; How goes it?&nbsp; Please allow me to make a =
small modification to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; your response which says 7.x.&nbsp; The =
&quot;warm start&quot; feature of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; instance recovery was introduced in 7.3.&nbsp; =
The rollback is done</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; after the database is opened starting in 7.3.0 =
and above.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; Cheers,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; Gaja.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; --- Jared Still &lt;jkstill_at_bcbso.com&gt; =
wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; If the session is waiting on rollback, you =
will have to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; wait it out anyway after bouncing the DB =
in ORacle 7.x, as</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; the rollback must complete before the DB =
is opened.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; Jared</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Chuck Hamilton =
wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; I see this happen frequently. You =
kill a session from within</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; oracle and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; it doesn't go away. If the platform =
is unix, you might want</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; to try to kill </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; the server process too. To get the =
PID use this query....</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; select SPID from v$process p, =
v$session s</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; where s.sid =3D '&lt;SID_TO_KILL&gt;' =
and p.addr =3D s.p_addr;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; You need to run this quest before =
trying to kill the session</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; though. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; V$PROCESS no longer holds the row for =
the session in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; question after the &quot;kill =
session.&quot; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; The only other ways to clean up =
&quot;marked for kill&quot; sessions</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; is to a) boucne the instance, or b) wait =
it out.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; Ruth Gramolini wrote: </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; Try looking at v$lock and get the SID =
of the user who is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; causing the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; trouble from this and check v$session =
for the serial# or</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; this user using</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; the SID. Then you can issue this =
sql:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; alter system kill session =
'SID,SEREAL#';Ruth B. Gramolini</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; ORACLE &amp; DB2 DBA</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; VT Dept. of Taxes</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; ph# 802.828.5708</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; fax# 802.828..3754</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; rgramolini_at_tax.state.vt.us</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; to kill the user's session.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; HTH</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; ----- Original Message -----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; To: Multiple recipients of list =
ORACLE-L </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 4:06 =
PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Hello,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; I'm having a hang/wait problem =
with one of my systems, and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; this is the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; information I've gleaned. I want =
to alter a table</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; nologging:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; SVRMGR&gt; alter table =
bvadmin.MR_purchased_items nologging ;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; alter table =
bvadmin.MR_purchased_items nologging</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; *</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; ORA-00054: resource busy and =
acquire with NOWAIT specified</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; I'm trying to kill the user I =
believe has the table:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; 11 rows selected.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; SVRMGR&gt; select * from =
v$session ;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; SADDR SID SERIAL# AUDSID PADDR =
USER# USERNAME</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; -------- ---------- ---------- =
---------- --------</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; ----------</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; ---------------</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; AB1C6328 1 1 0 AB1A1A04 0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; AB1C6B54 2 1 0 AB1A1CF4 0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; AB1C7380 3 1 0 AB1A1FE4 0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; AB1C7BAC 4 1 0 AB1A22D4 0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; AB1C83D8 5 1 0 AB1A25C4 0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; AB1C8C04 6 1 0 AB1A28B4 0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; AB1C9430 7 68 0 AB1A2BA4 =
0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; AB1CA488 9 348 1943952 AB1A3474 =
41 BVADMIN</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &lt;-------</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; AB1CACB4 10 15 0 AB1A2E94 =
0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; AB1CC538 13 8768 0 AB1A3764 0 =
SYS</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; 10 rows selected.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Oracle says it's marked to kill, =
and has been for 15+</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; minutes (won't go</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; away). I'm also seeing this =
message in the alert log:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Wed Jun 7 12:11:55 2000</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; ORACLE Instance PETS - Can not =
allocate log, archival</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; required</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Wed Jun 7 12:11:55 2000</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; ARCH: Connecting to console =
port...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Thread 1 cannot allocate new =
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Current log# 5 seq# 5 mem# =
0:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; =
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1:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; =
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Fri Jun 9 10:02:58 2000</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Archiving is turned off =
(SVRMGR&gt; ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; STOP;ORA-0250:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; archiver not started .</FONT>
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to tell if these messages</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; can you recommend a course of =
action to 1) kill the user,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&gt; &gt; and 2) add</FONT>
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