Re: Moving datafiles, freeing space

From: Sybrand Bakker <sybrandb_at_hccnet.nl>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 23:08:35 +0200
Message-ID: <l9btg0dspo8090p0meij0m3n7q1ad6sq7k@4ax.com>

On 2 Aug 2004 18:32:56 GMT, Chuck <chuckh_nospam_at_softhome.net> wrote:

>After moving an oracle datafile, it sometimes takes hours or even days for
>the space to become free in the filesystem that the datafile was moved
>from. Why is this? Is there a way force Oracle to release this space
>without restarting the instance?
>
>Platform AIX 4.3, Oracle 8.1.7.4

This is not an Oracle issue, it is an Unix issue.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

Received on Mon Aug 02 2004 - 16:08:35 CDT