>> How did Oracle know that the "shared memory realm already exists"?
Oracle knows this because it attaches to a segment based on the hash value of $ORACLE_HOME and $ORACLE_SID. In that segment the $ORACLE_HOME and $ORACLE_SID are stored, so that oracle can see to which instance they belong. Anjo. ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 4:14 PM > Thanks for all of the replies. > > I discovered that ipcs -mo will give me the number of > current processes connected to the memory segment. The > "dead" segments left by the instance which was giving me problems > all had 0 in that column. The segment for the live instance > had about 14 processes connected. > > I then used ipcrm -m <segment id> to delete the dead segments > and restarted the database. > > Now to figure out why the instance is failing to clean up these > memory segments. > > How did Oracle know that the "shared memory realm already exists"? > > Peter Schauss > Northrop Grumman Corporation > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Schauss, Peter > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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.net -- Author: Anjo Kolk INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
