Re: Limit on PROCESSES in init.ora

Steve Holdoway wrote:

> If it's performance problems that you've got, maybe upgrading to
> Solaris 8 would help...
>
> Steve
>
> On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 22:09:29 GMT, Daniel Morgan
> <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote:
>
> >Dave Kennedy wrote:
> >
> >> I am trying to raise the number of processes on an Oracle 8.1.7
> >> database instance to 400. I have shutdown the database, then edited
> >> init.ora changing processes to 400, and then attempted to start the
> >> database.
> >>
> >> I receive this error:
> >> ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel
> >>
> >> And the Oracle instance will not start until I lower the number of
> >> processes in init.ora.
> >>
> >> Can anyone help me figure out what is going on?
> >>
> >> (Oracle is running on Solaris 7.)
> >
> >Go back to your installation documentation and read the section on
> >semaphores and shared memory.
> >
> >You will need to alter your /etc/system file to correspond with the new
> >number of processes.
> >
> >Daniel Morgan

Upgrading to Solaris 8 will not solve the problem. Either way /etc/system must have valid values.

Which doesn't mean that I disagree with your advice but it is not going to solve the problem described.

Daniel morgan Received on Fri Jun 14 2002 - 10:46:02 CDT