Re: Trace file does not reside in user_dump_dest. Why ?

Catherine,

Just a WAG, but could the udump directory be a link to the nieora/8.1.6/rdbms/log directory?

David A. Barbour
Oracle DBA, OCP

"CHAN Chor Ling Catherine (CSC)" wrote:
>
> Hi Ed,
>
> SQL> select name, value
> 2 from v$parameter
> 3 where name like '%user_dump%';
>
> NAME VALUE
> ---------------------------------------- --------------------------------
> user_dump_dest /dg1/oracle/niecomn/admin/udump
>
> The user_dump_dest is /dg1/oracle/niecomn/admin/udump but the trace file is
> dumped into another directory /dg1/oracle/nieora/8.1.6/rdbms/log.
> The unix permission for /dg1/oracle/niecomn/admin/udump &
> /dg1/oracle/nieora/8.1.6/rdbms/log is the same.
>
> I just don't understand why the trace file is not located in user_dump_dest.
>
> Puzzled,
> New bee
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shevtsov, Eduard [mailto:EShevtsov_at_flagship.ru]
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 6:26 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: Trace file does not reside in
> user_dump_dest. Why ?
>
> Hi
>
> have you got unix permissions to write to this directory?
> Try to logon as oracle owner and check it by writing any
> small file there.
>
> Also look at the output of the query
>
> select name, value
> from v$parameter
> where name like '%user_dump%';
>
> It will show your actual user dump directory
>
> HTH
>
> Ed
>
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I forget to mention that when I show parameter dest* in
> > server manager , the
> > user_dump_dest is pointing to the right directory
> > /dg1/oracle/niecomn/admin/udump.
> >
> > My earlier email :
> > I issue the command "alter database backup
> > controlfile to
> > trace", expecting my trace file to reside in the
> > user_dump_dest directory.
> >
> > connect / as sysdba;
> > startup
> pfile=/dg1/oracle/nieora/8.1.6/dbs/initNIE.ora
> >
> > In the startup file,
> > User_dump_dest =
> /dg1/oracle/niecomn/admin/udump
> >
> > However, the trace file resides in another
> directory
> > /dg1/oracle/nieora/8.1.6/rdbms/log.
> >
> > I am very... very puzzled. Could the gurus
> explain this
> > phenomenon ? Thanks.
> >
> > Regds,
> > New Bee
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