Re: kproc

From: Nicholas Dronen <ndronen_at_io.frii.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:48:51 GMT
Message-ID: <7g176.839$B9.189051904@news.frii.net>

In comp.unix.aix Paul Bennett <spacey845_at_my-deja.com> wrote:

> I'm starting Oracle 8i EE on an RS/6000 running AIX 4.3.2, using the
> dbstart script. (updated for 8i compatability)

> After reboot, when I run a ps -fu"oracle" (or a ps -ef), there are
> about a dozen different kproc processes running, all owned by user
> oracle and all started within a second of each other.

> Is this normal/expected? Are these zombies that are midway thru being
> reaped? Do I need to reconfig something?

I would not be surprised if they were created by an Oracle kernel extension (pw-syscall . . . is that it?).

Regards,

Nick Dronen Received on Wed Jan 10 2001 - 11:48:51 CST