Re: SMON process died - can't start Oracle

From: Sybrand Bakker <postmaster_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 07:22:29 +0100
Message-ID: <943079015.17091.0.pluto.d4ee154e@news.demon.nl>

EPC looks like Oracle Trace. Do you have Oracle Trace enabled in your init.ora file?

Hth,

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Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
Tang Wai Shing Wilson <cswstang_at_cs.ust.hk> wrote in message news:815djg$ad3_at_ustsu10.ust.hk...
> All Oracle guru,
>
> My server suddenly hit on this serious problem and can't start up again.
> The scenario is:
>
> When I do startup, it reports no error. But after a while, all the oracle
> process dies. I tracked down to the alert.log, it refers to the smon
trace
> file. Look into the smon trace files, it has:
>
> ...
> kvotlgev: epc event: 10 failed. EPC error: 167
> ... (memory dump)
>
> My setup is:
>
> Oracle 8i (8.1.5), Solaris 2.7, Sun Ultra-1, 512M RAM.
>
> Pls. throw in whatever idea you may have and let me try. Pls.
> do also email me to wilson_at_isilk.com also. Thanks a zillion.
>
>
> Thanks.
> Wilson.
>
Received on Sat Nov 20 1999 - 00:22:29 CST