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Subject: Re: File Table Overflow on Oracle DB Server
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Here is Kirti's reply to it (long time back in June). I think it was to you
that time also...

Babu
>>>>
Vivek,
You are right, this is an OS related issue, but a DBA must be aware of why
it happens ;)

Error 23 means 'File Table Overflow' and it is generated when the system
wide limit for the number of simultaneously open files is exceeded. It is
controlled by a kernel parameter 'nfile'. which defaults to a value arrived
at by a formula that uses 'maxusers' (and a couple of other) kernel
parameters. You can check the values set for 'maxusers' and 'nfile' on
these
servers, and get your SA to increase those on the server where you had a
problem starting the database.

Use '/usr/sbin/kmtune -q ' command to check currently set value
for 'nfile' and 'maxusers'.

Read more about 'nfile' at
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/os/KCparam.Nfile.html.

HTH,

- Kirti




                                                                                                                                                    
                      VIVEK_SHARMA                                                                                                                  
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> We have the following query reg. an error on HP-UX ORacle DB server.
>
> We are encountering "HPUX Error: 23: File table overflow'" on the
> Oracle database server while executing stress tests for our
> application. We are not opening any files on the database server
> through the application still this error keeps coming after running
> the test for some duration.
>
>
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