Re: How can I get Oracle to use my new memory?

the VM memory numbers look low. on hp-ux, any shared memory segment requires an equally sized reservation from the swap file.

did you make sure to increase the size of swap file to twice the size of physical memory ?

HTH "andrew_webby at hotmail" <spam_at_no.thanks.com> wrote in message news:991044338.28805.0.nnrp-13.c30bdde2_at_news.demon.co.uk...
> But is it free *contiguous* memory? Dunno about HP, but it may be that O7
 is
> wanting the memory contiguous to start up.
>
> "Stan Brown" <stanb_at_panix.com> wrote in message
> news:9eoa8d$nia$1_at_panix6.panix.com...
> > In <9ene1e$6r6$2_at_bob.news.rcn.net> Jerry Gitomer <jgitomer_at_erols.com>
 writes:
> >
> >
> > > If you want to use the new memory for database buffers you
> > >will have to increase the value for db_block_buffers.
> >
> >
> > Thanks, someone else pointed out that mistake yesterday. I have already
> > corrected it.
> >
> > Howevrer, I still find myself in the position where if I as Oracle to
 use
> > more than ~ 400M, it fails to start with the given shmget error. At the
> > same time H{'s G;ance preformance monitoring tool claims I still hav 1
 450M
> > _free_ memory.
> >
> > Strange.
>
>
>
Received on Mon May 28 2001 - 13:38:22 CDT