Re: Oracle 8.0 dies on HP-UX 11.0 when /stand/vmunix changes

Ulrich Windl wrote:
>
> Last Friday we had a reboot of the database server scheduled at 15:00.
> I began preparing a new kernel about 30 minutes before that
> time. Unfortunately as soon as the new kernel was put in place, Oracle
> processes paniced and dumped core like crazy. Maybe the TNS listener
> stuff is related.

How drastic a change was the kernel rebuild? Did you ensure that the min and max shared memory (and other pertinent kernel parameters) were set according to the Oracle specs? I have patched and rebuilt the kernel numerous times at $PLACE_OF_WORK on both hp-ux 10.20 and 11.00 HP9000 machines, and every time, the Oracle db restarted and ran as smooth as ever.

>I'm not the Oracle guru, but the HP-UX one. Anyway: It seems Oracle is
>ridiculously fragile.

Anything on a computer is fragile if you don't understand how it works. Give a new user root access and you will see this dramatically displayed.

Cheers,
GC Received on Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00:00 CST