Re: Problem with 8.1.6 on Windows2000 Server

From: Rauf Sarwar <rsarwar_at_ifsna.com>
Date: 1 Jul 2002 22:06:22 -0700
Message-ID: <c2d690f2.0207012106.1b41712f@posting.google.com>

"Karl E. Taylor" <ktaylor_at_cavalryinvestments.com> wrote in message news:<3D20CB78.1B20AAF2_at_cavalryinvestments.com>...
> Machine is a Dell Power Edge with twin 700Mhz CPU's and 4 Gig's of ram.
>
> 5 instances all empty and tuned down to 128Mb total SGA for each.
>
> When the services goes to start up it takes a very long time.
> Evidentially, an error pops up about "response timed out". If I look in
> the services control panel, it shows the services as "starting" and they
> never finish.
>
> Each one of these services is attempting to pull approx. 1.5 Gigs of RAM
> when starting. I also can not select a service and use "Stop" on any of
> them.
>
> Please advise quickly if you can.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Karl E. Taylor
> Network Administrator / Oracle DBA

What does the alert log say?

Can you try to start the instance manually from the server manager (Set ORACLE_<SID>_AUTOSTART value to FALSE in registry before that) or try it with oradim -STARTUP.

HTH
//Rauf Sarwar Received on Tue Jul 02 2002 - 00:06:22 CDT