Re: Out of memory on Solaris 2.5

Keith Shum wrote:

> Hello,
> Anyone has tried to install 8.0.5 on Solaris 2.5 and successfully
> created database from either installer or by hand?
> I got a weird error saying that "ORA-XXXXX Out of memory" when I
> tried to create database either from installer or by hand.
> However, the memory that I got for the machine is 256MB, so it
> shouldn't be from this!
> Anyone can help this?
> Thank you!
>
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> **********
> Keith Shum @>~>~
> kshum_at_iLux.com

I ran into this problem recently enough! You have apparently forgotten to configure your shared memory
parameters on your kernel properly. The parameters you need to set are (from my /etc/system file):

set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100
set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=10
set semsys:seminfo_semmns=200
set semsys:seminfo_semmni=70

Place these in your /etc/system file (please remember to back up your original!) and reboot your machine.
Then try to recreate your database objects. It all should work fine now.

Good luck!

• Cliff