Re: Please Help: Maximum number of processes exceed

In article <36417C43.DD3B12B0_at_webhost.co.za>, Rene <rene_at_webhost.co.za> writes
>Hi there,
>
>I hope someone can help with this one.
>
>If you can, please reply to: rene_at_webhost.co.za
>
>SCENARIO:
>---------
> - Sun Solaris 2.5.1 running Oracle 8.0.4 on a UltraSparc 5
> - Web-based Oracle application developed using PL/SQL procedures
>
>PROBLEM:
>--------
> - After a certain amount of users have connected (50, I think), I get
>the following error, when trying to get into SQL*PLUS:
>ERROR:ORA-00020: maximum number of processes (50) exceeded
>
>I know this is probabley VERY easy to fix, but I simply don't know where
>of what setting to change to make this problem go away. I am not sure if
>it's a UNIX setting of processes, or an Oracle setting that needs to be
>changed.
>
>I am able to duplicate the problem by opening up around 40-50 telnet
>session and then opening each with SQL*PLUS. At some point I obviously
>then get this error.
>
>For what it's worth, the following is a setting in the /etc/system-file:
>ulimit unlimited
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Best regards,
>rene_at_webhost.co.za

Hi Rene

There is an initsid.ora parameter that holds the number of users allowed by the current installation of Oracle. There is also another parameter that sets a warning limit, so that, for example you could have a 'hard' limit of 100 users, but set the warning limit to 90 so that when the concurrency peaks above 90 you will get a warning.

All well and good, but I can't remeber what the parameters are called! Back to the group for the exact answers.

By the way, the increasing of these limits is between you and your Oracle dealer!

HTH

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