ORA-00600 errors on DYNIX/ptx V4.4.4

From: Brian Boyd <brian.boyd_at_il.proquest.com>
Date: 15 Nov 2001 11:41:27 -0800
Message-ID: <f2dcaa13.0111151141.45ba4443_at_posting.google.com>


Hello,
I'm trying to troubleshoot an ORA-00600 error message on our Sequent Cluster.

Here is the error:

[ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [504], [819785356], [256], [5], library cache], [6], [2], [0]|ORA-00600: internal ] found in Oracle alert log

This has been happening with 8i for a while. The system does not report any hardware errors from IBM, however a few times while this ORA-00600 error would appear, we have had hardware issues. One being the IQ link on one of our quads, and another one being a fabric switch that needed to be replaced.

I would say that it's possible to have another hardware issue, but I was wondering if anyone else had a similar situation or is aware of a patch for Sequent/Oracle 8i that would solve this issue. Since the ORA-00600 message is pretty generic (It could be hardware, disk write, file corruption, etc) I'm just wondering what is going on.

Here is a history of the errors and hardware errors that followed:

 $ gzcat msgL*.gz | grep 'ORA-00600'

msub1    9      21535397        2001/10/02      19:21:09         0    
 5605    SAP Received INX Message. <uma  99      11225   2001/10/02   
  19:22:01         3      0       Message # 1 [ORA-00600: internal
error code, arguments: [504], [819785356], [256], [5], [library cache], [6], [2], [0]|ORA-00600: internal ] found in Oracle alert log
>

10/11/2001 -- > P1 failed over (because of bad mem and IQ Link in one of node-1's quad).

msub1    9      26203427        2001/10/17      13:20:47         0    
 5605    SAP Received INX Message. <uma  99      18212   2001/10/17   
  13:22:01         3      0       Message # 1 [Wed Oct 17 13:18:23
2001|ORA-00600: internal ] found in Oracle alert log  >
msub1    9      27004266        2001/10/22      03:22:01         0    
 5605    SAP Received INX Message. <uma  99      18353   2001/10/22   
  03:22:01         3      0       Message # 1 [Mon Oct 22 03:21:34
2001|ORA-00600: internal ] found in Oracle alert log  >
msub1    9      27004266        2001/10/25      20:57:01         0    
 5605    SAP Received INX Message. <uma  99      23279   2001/10/25   
  20:57:01         3      0       Message # 1 [Thu Oct 25 20:56:39
2001|ORA-00600: internal ] found in Oracle alert log  >
msub1    9      31033548        2001/10/28      12:57:02         0    
 5605    SAP Received INX Message. <uma  99        290   2001/10/28   
  12:57:02         3      0       Message # 1 [Sun Oct 28 12:56:25
2001|ORA-00600: internal ] found in Oracle alert log  >
msub1    9      31887347        2001/11/01      07:32:02         0    
 5605    SAP Received INX Message. <uma  99       1236   2001/11/01   
  07:32:01         3      0       Message # 1 [Thu Nov  1 07:30:34
2001|ORA-00600: internal ] found in Oracle alert log >

        11/2/2001 -- > P1 hung because of a bad switch in node 1 Received on Thu Nov 15 2001 - 20:41:27 CET

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