Oracle-L: RE: Database/system Crashing

From: Fink, Dan <Dan.Fink_at_mdx.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 14:49:13 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005263BB.20030102144913@fatcity.com>

Valerie,

What happens when the database first crashes? Is there an error in the alert log?

As for the second error, the issue is not that the device is full (you would get a different O/S error). It sounds more like either the audit_file_dest value is not set properly, $ORACLE_HOME is not defined correctly for that process, or that the init.ora used is not the one you think should be used.

It is very important to find out what is causing the original crash. Focus on that and resolve it first.

Dan Fink

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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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