Re: Why does Oracle start another arc process?

Well, we run HP-UX 11.00 and 11.11. The extra processes show up then disappear. I know this is happening because we use HP IT/Operations to monitor our databases (all 8.1.7.3 now).

Thanks for all the info on this too!

On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 08:08:11 +1000, "Howard J. Rogers" <dba_at_hjrdba.com> wrote:

>Exactly. I've checked it on Solaris and NT/W2K/XP, so it would be nice to
>know if HP was also affected. But like you, I think I can live with a few
>idle processes!
>
>"Sean M" <smckeownNO_at_BACKSIESearthlink.net> wrote in message
>> "Howard J. Rogers" wrote:
>> >
>> > Oracle is then supposed to kill off the additional archiver process, and
>> > re-spawn them if needed. But I've rarely seen it do it. The additional
>> > processes seem to hang around for ever, idle. Not sure if that's a
>(minor) bug, or a feature, or operating system dependent.
>>
>> I've seen this before too, but for the life of me I can't remember what
>> version of Oracle or whether it was Sun or HP/UX. I haven't checked
>> recently, but I was never really worried much about it to begin with...
>> no real harm done except maybe a small waste of resources.
Received on Mon Jul 01 2002 - 09:12:40 CDT