Walter, We had the same exact problem on our SAP installation running on EMC Symmetrix. The space would not be release until the database was bounced. We never did find a work-around.
Jim __________________________________________________ Jim Hawkins Oracle Database Administrator Data Management Center of Expertise Pharmacia Corporation 800 North Lindbergh Blvd. St. Louis, Missouri 63167 Work (314) 694-4417 Cellular (314) 724-9664 Pager (314) 294-9797 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 12:20 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, Just curious if anyone has any experience with an EMC Symmetrix not releasing the space for a deleted datafile. If so, is there a solution or work-around? Yesterday, we took a tablespace offline, dropped it and then deleted the associated datafile. The file was 1G in size and today the space has still not been released as indicated by 'df -k'. According to another DBA here, they have seen this in the past and said bouncing the DB remedied the problem. It sounds like the inodes are still in use by Oracle but I can't imagine why. I've worked with Symmetrix systems before and have never experienced this behavior. We are running 8.1.7.2 (64bit) on Solaris 2.8. Any suggestions? As always, your feedback is appreciated. -w __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Walter K INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: HAWKINS, JAMES W [IT/1000] INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
