Oracle-L: RE: Database/system Crashing

From: Kurth, Michael J. <MJKurth_at_covhealth.org>
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 14:09:35 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005262FC.20030102140935@fatcity.com>

Check the oracle executable and make sure the setuid bit is set.

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Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 1:45 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I have a 8.1.7 repository database for Designer 9i (client) running on SUN Solaris 8. I can start the database up but when I access the data via Designer it crashes. I try to start it back up and I get the following message

ORA-09925: Unable to create audit trail file SVR4 Error: 6: No such device or address Additional information: 9925

This happens even after I have removed all of the .aud files from $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/audit.

Can anyone give me some clues as to what the problem might be? How do you determine whether it's a hardware problem or a database problem. I have checked everything I know to check as far as the database is concerned. Nothing major has changed on this system since or before this started.

I think its a hardware problem (controller/buffer cache/data block ?) because after my database crashes the UNIX system doesn't work properly. For example, sometimes I can't even do a ps -ef or cat/more a file. The SA can't reboot the system without flipping the switch but still thinks its a database problem. Once the SA flips the switch (fsck runs fine) then I can start the database. The UNIX system has hung on one occasion with the database shutdown. It also happened once in the middle of a cold backup of the database.

Thanks in advance!
Val

Valerie H. Webber
Management Systems Designers, Inc
Database Administrator
valerie.h.webber_at_irs.gov
704-566-5321

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Author: Kurth, Michael J.
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