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Re: could not allocate semaphores.

From: Adam Danieluk <adanielu_at_natned.com.pl>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:46:54 +0100
Message-ID: <77fnl9$joc$1@sunsite.icm.edu.pl>


Additionaly check shared memory allocted by oracle processes, using ipcs, if after killing all oracle processes tou have still shared memory belonged to oracle remove it using: ipcrm

Karel Novotny wrote in message <369B4E5E.8C4C06E6_at_per4mance.cz>...
>I think, that the first described error you can eliminate by setting
Solaris
>semaphore parameters to values recommended by Oracle Server installation
guide
>(system reqs.)! It gots well on SGI Irix for me.
>The second problem is successive to the first one. Try to kill all oracle
>processes before trying to start instance, or simply restart machine before
it!
>
>Karel
>
>Thor Morten Kopaas wrote:
>
>> Hei,
>>
>> I just installed Oracle 8.04 on Solaris 2.5.
>>
>> When starting up the database for the first time I got the following
error:
>>
>> SVRMGR> startup nomount pfile=initsid3.ora
>> ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [SKGMBUSY], [1], [0], [0],
[0],
>> [], [
>> ], []
>> ORA-07252: spcre: semget error, could not allocate semaphores.
>> SVR4 Error: 28: No space left on device
>> Additional information: -268447208
>> Additional information: -268447292
>>
>> I then decreased the value of processes in initsid3.ora down to 10, but
then
>> I get this error:
>>
>> SVRMGR> startup nomount pfile=initsid3.ora
>> ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [SKGMBUSY], [1], [0], [0],
[0],
>> [], [
>> ], []
>> ORA-27100: shared memory realm already exists
>> SVR4 Error: 17: File exists
>>
>> Now it seems that whatever I try to do I get this message when trying to
>> start up my instance.
>>
>> Does anyone know what file it is referring to? Does anyone know how I
get
>> rid of this error?
>>
>> If I set ORACLE_SID=sid4 instead of ORACLE_SID=sid3, I am able to start
up
>> the instance fine.
>>
>> Oracle support told me to install patch 8.0.4.3.0 which I now have done,
but
>> I still get the same error.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Thor Morten
>
>
Received on Tue Jan 12 1999 - 08:46:54 CST

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