Re: PMON does not start after creating instance

Hi,
Is it possible that you may be hitting an operating system limit on the number of
active processes ?

Rob Medley
medleyrk_at_iafrica.com

Anil Bharadwa wrote:

> I created an instance on a Sun box with three disks to install an
> Enterprise Asset Management application. There are currently three other
> instances running different versions of the same application on the same
> box. The instances are used purely for application development.
> When I try to start the database I receive an error stating that PMON
> was unable to start after 120s. If I shutdown one of the other instances
> I can start the one that would previously not start. Therfore indicating
> the maximum capacity has been reached.
> Is it possible or wise to alter the size of PMON to prevent this or is
> there an obvious error in the way that the instances have been created
> that would cause this error. There is at least 4GB of hard disk space
> available.
> Thanks for any help with this matter.
Received on Wed Dec 02 1998 - 13:54:13 CST