Re: shared memory identification

From: Ewan Parker <ewan_at_chimera.u-net.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 18:39:57 GMT
Message-ID: <877.430T74T11203621ewan@chimera.u-net.com>

On 29-Jan-01 20:16:17, ian_goldstein said about shared memory identification:
>I am running a Solaris 2.7 operating environment. My dba had a problem
>in which he had 2 oracle (8.1.6) instances running. One instance died
>but the shared memory segment was never removed. When I view the
>shared memory through ipcs the "CPID" field is that of a non-existant
>process. As it turns out the SVRMGRL forks off a process that starts
>the oracle instance and then exits, so now I have no way to determine
>which shared memory segment belongs to the remaining Oracle Instance.

There is an option in "ps" which will show you the ID of the shared memory segments in use. This should allow you to eliminate all but the unwanted entry. I don't have access to Solaris man pages at the moment though...

HTH,
Ewan.

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