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Re: How to interpret Alert.Log & Trace files...

From: C.S.Venkata Subramanian <csvenkata_at_lycos.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 21:48:41 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.00377D8F.20010826214019@fatcity.com>

You must log a TAR with Oracle support. Pls refer to DocID 146580.1 in metalink. This doc tells you what is Ora-00600 errors and what to do when it occurs.

HTH
Venkat

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On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 10:52:36  
 Denmark Weatherburne wrote:

>Hi DBA's
>
>I'm currently monitoring the Oracle SIDALRT.LOG and *.TRC files in
>$ORACLE_HOME/RDBMS80/TRACE on our production Oracle 805 database.
>I've observed the following files being used by Oracle in that directory:
>SIDP000.TRC 5MB
>SIDP001.TRC 5MB
>SIDP002.TRC 5MB
>SIDP003.TRC 5MB
>SIDP004.TRC Current Trace file
>
>Other trace files exist in the directory with the following naming
>convention: Ora99999.trc
>
>One is generated everytime I run the "BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO TRACE" command.
>However, I notice that each Ora99999.trc generated with the CONTROLFILE
>TRACE has other trace dumps in it as well from previous events. For example,
>the last CONTROLFILE Trace written (Ora00479.trc) (8 Aug 2001 8:03 AM) has
>this entry at the beginning:
>
>Dump file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\ORA00479.TRC
>Tue Aug 07 16:38:30 2001
>ORACLE V8.0.5.0.0 - Production vsnsta=0
>vsnsql=c vsnxtr=3
>Windows NT V4.0, OS V5.101, CPU type 586
>Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Release 8.0.5.0.0 - Production
>PL/SQL Release 8.0.5.0.0 - Production
>Windows NT V4.0, OS V5.101, CPU type 586
>Instance name: prod
>
>Redo thread mounted by this instance: 1
>
>Oracle process number: 38
>
>pid: 1df
>
>
>*** 2001.08.07.16.38.30.976
>*** SESSION ID:(28.1790) 2001.08.07.16.38.30.945
>FATAL ERROR IN TWO-TASK SERVER: error = 12571
>*** 2001.08.07.16.38.30.976
>ksedmp: internal or fatal error
>----- Call Stack Trace -----
>...
>...Dump file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\ORA00479.TRC
>Fri Aug 24 08:03:32 2001
>ORACLE V8.0.5.0.0 - Production vsnsta=0
>vsnsql=c vsnxtr=3
>Windows NT V4.0, OS V5.101, CPU type 586
>Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Release 8.0.5.0.0 - Production
>PL/SQL Release 8.0.5.0.0 - Production
>Windows NT V4.0, OS V5.101, CPU type 586
>Instance name: prod
>
>Redo thread mounted by this instance: 1
>
>Oracle process number: 11
>
>pid: 1df
>
>
>*** SESSION ID:(12.39) 2001.08.24.08.03.32.433
>*** 2001.08.24.08.03.32.433
># The following commands will create a new control file and use it
># to open the database.
># Data used by the recovery manager will be lost. Additional logs may
># be required for media recovery of offline data files. Use this
># only if the current version of all online logs are available.
>STARTUP NOMOUNT
>CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE DATABASE "ORCL" NORESETLOGS ARCHIVELOG
> MAXLOGFILES 32
> MAXLOGMEMBERS 2
> MAXDATAFILES 254
> MAXINSTANCES 1
> MAXLOGHISTORY 618
>LOGFILE
> GROUP 1 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\LOGPROD1.ORA' SIZE 1M,
> GROUP 2 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\LOGPROD2.ORA' SIZE 1M
>DATAFILE
> 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\SYS1PROD.ORA',
> 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\RBS1PROD.ORA',
> 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\USR1PROD.ORA',
> 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\TMP1PROD.ORA',
> 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\INDX1PROD.ORA',
> 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\IRDBASEPROD.ORA',
> 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\ROLL1PROD.ORA'
>;
># Recovery is required if any of the datafiles are restored backups,
># or if the last shutdown was not normal or immediate.
>RECOVER DATABASE
># All logs need archiving and a log switch is needed.
>ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG ALL;
># Database can now be opened normally.
>ALTER DATABASE OPEN;
>
>**************************
>**************************
>
>Now to get to my questions.
>I'm noticing the following entries in the PRODALRT.LOG.
>Below is a paste of the entries logged since this morning:
>
>Completed: alter tablespace SYSTEM end backup
>Fri Aug 24 08:03:26 2001
>Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 3880
> Current log# 2 seq# 3880 mem# 0: E:\ORANT\DATABASE\LOGPROD2.ORA
>Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 3881
> Current log# 1 seq# 3881 mem# 0: E:\ORANT\DATABASE\LOGPROD1.ORA
>Fri Aug 24 08:03:31 2001
>alter database backup controlfile to 'CTL1PROD.8am'
>
>Fri Aug 24 08:03:32 2001
>Completed: alter database backup controlfile to 'CTL1PROD.8am
>Fri Aug 24 08:03:32 2001
>alter database backup controlfile to trace
>
>Completed: alter database backup controlfile to trace
>Fri Aug 24 09:20:16 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP002.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 09:20:17 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP003.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 09:33:48 2001
>Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 3882
> Current log# 2 seq# 3882 mem# 0: E:\ORANT\DATABASE\LOGPROD2.ORA
>Fri Aug 24 09:41:23 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP003.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 09:41:24 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP002.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 09:42:21 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP003.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 09:42:22 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP002.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 09:42:33 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP003.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 09:42:34 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP002.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 09:42:48 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP003.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 09:42:49 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP002.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 09:43:07 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP003.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 09:43:08 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP002.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 09:56:22 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP001.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 09:56:22 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP000.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 09:56:24 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP001.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 09:56:25 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP000.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 10:03:41 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP001.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 10:03:42 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP000.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 10:32:52 2001
>Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 3883
> Current log# 1 seq# 3883 mem# 0: E:\ORANT\DATABASE\LOGPROD1.ORA
>Fri Aug 24 10:48:19 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP001.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 10:48:19 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP000.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 10:49:37 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP001.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 10:49:37 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP000.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 10:49:53 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP001.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>Fri Aug 24 10:49:54 2001
>Errors in file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\prodP000.TRC:
>ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17176], [0], [], [], [], [], [],
>[]
>
>
>I'm no expert, but I know I should be concerned about the ORA errors.
>Before I go barking up the wrong tree, I would appreciate advice,
>suggestions, explanations from othe DBA's who have experience using the
>Alert logs and trace files to monitor the Oracle database.
>
>Using a tuning script that I downloaded, I got the follwoing tuning
>recommendations about tuning our production database:
>
>Current Date and Time: 08/23/2001 15:59:11
>Database name: orcl
>Measurement Goal Value Action
>------------------------------ ------ -----------
>-------------------------------------------------
>Library cache hit percent >=0.99 1.00 OK
>Dictionary cache hit percent >=0.90 0.99 OK
>Buffer cache hit percent >=0.90 0.71 Increase the
>DB_BLOCK_BUFFERS in INIT.ORA
>-- Current value: db_block_buffers = 1000
>Sort area hit percent >=0.90 1.00 OK
>Redo Log space requests =0 17 Increase the LOG_BUFFER in
>INIT.ORA
>" Examine Redo Log size
>" Examine number of Redo Log
>groups
>-- Current value: log_buffer = 32768
>-- Current value: redo log size = 1048576
>-- Current value: # of redo log groups = 2
>Enqueue waits =0 2 Increase the
>ENQUEUE_RESOURCES in INIT.ORA
>-- Current value: enqueue_resources = 265
>Checkpoints not completed <=1 0 OK
>Rollback contention ratio <=0.01 0.00 OK
>Redo allocation latch miss (W) <=0.01 0.00 OK
>Redo allocation latch miss (I) <=0.01 0.00 OK
>Redo copy latch miss (WTW) <=0.01 0.00 OK
>Redo copy latch miss (Immed) <=0.01 0.00 OK
>Freelist contention ratio <=0.01 0.00 OK
>
>I would appreciate advice on changing initialization parameters.
>Are there some parameters that can be modified on the fly without cycling
>the engine?
>How can I find out which ones? The DB_BLOCK_BUFFERS parameter needs some
>attention urgently, right?
>
>I am being cautious because changing some parameters can impact others.
>
>I know this is a lot to chew on, but feel free to send me to sites that
>might provide technical resources. Unfortunately, I don't have access to
>Metalink.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Denmark Weatherburne
>
>"Knowledge is power, but it is only useful if it is shared!"
>
>
>
>
>
>
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