RE: ORA-04031 with Oracle 8.1.7.0.0 on HP-UX 11.0. URGENT

From: Deshpande, Kirti <kirti.deshpande_at_verizon.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 18:05:30 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.003FBFDC.20020125180018@fatcity.com>

You may be hitting a bug# 1397603 and may have to apply the 8.1.7.1 or 8.1.7.2 patch set.
Pl search Metalink for this bug number.

Kirti

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Getting:
"ORA-04031: unable to allocate 4256 bytes of shared memory ("shared pool", "unknown object", "sga heap", "library cache")" and
"ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1" over and over in the alert log.

This is a "suddenly" event on a production database that had been operational at 8.1.6 for a year, and is now at 8.1.7 for a month. Running SilverStream as a front-end, which has about 70 dedicated connections in it's pool (SilverStream does MTS on its own).

SilverStream users are unable to login.
I'm unable to login "sqlplus sys/manager", getting end-of-communication channel.
I'm unable to login "sqlplus internal", getting already logged in. I'm able to login "svrmgrl", but most commands end the session with a "not connected".
"startup" gives the expected already started, shutdown first.

My questions are (yeah, I know, clairvoiance):

Could anyone who experienced this share solution(s)?
Will a "shutdown immediate" just hang?
Will a "shutdown abort" cause harm? (Nothing but once-a-day full export.)
What would you do?

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