Re: Space problem when running two db at the same time (question)

In article <3tr792$be6_at_erinews.ericsson.se> "wei he (martletts)" <etlwihe_at_etlxdmx.ericsson.se> writes:
>Hi
>
>I tried to run two databases at the same time but got a problem. Hope someone
>can give me a help.
>
>Basically, when I start up another instance without shut down the one running, I
>got a error message as follow:
>
>CAUTION
>
>ORA-07279: spcre: semget error, unable
>to get first semaphore set.
>SunOS Error: 28: No space left on device
>Additional information: 2
>
>
>Orcale support said this is a problem with space on the platform. In fact
>the hard disk which conatins all the files (data file, control file etc)
>for the two database still has a lot of space (more than 500 M). I don't
>understand which space that the error message was talking about.
>
>
>Thanks advance.
>
>Wei
>etlwihe_at_etlxdmx.ericsson.se
>
>

Two things you want to look at. 1. Reconfigure your kernel to allow more semaphores (SHHMAX,SHMSEG or whatever the Oracle manual says, double them probably). 2. Check your /tmp device to see if any files associated with shared segments are left hanging around. If so, remove the old ones as part of your Oracle startup. Don't mess up anyones vi temp files!

I tried to email, but my newsreader didn't like the quotes in your From:.

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