Re: Shared memory realm

"Simon Cunningham" <cs40_at_gre.ac.uk> wrote in message news:3BD824A0.BC8D1E70_at_gre.ac.uk...
> Can anyone tell me what the shared memory realm is and how it affects
> the startup of the database.
>
> I have had an issue with this problem where by my databases would not
> start up and issued the error Shared memory realm does not exist.
> Spoke to Oracle and was told to put a new variable for the sid in the
> system environment tab, and had to rem out a line in the SQLNET.ora
> file
> SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NTS)
>
> But still am not sure how this affected the database.

More bullsh*t from Oracle support. The error means that your init.ora parameters (specifically, the "processes" parameter) are not compatible with your kernel shared memory parameters.

Take a look at my web-page:

    http://home.clara.net/dwotton/dba/ora3113.htm

for more information.

Dave.

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