nothing in the alert log. we have a script that polls it. ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 4:09 PM
> Ryan - The largest I've seen is 4-meg., so this is unusual. My suggestion > would be to change your USER_DUMP_DEST to a drive with more free space, > because the DBA's rule of life is that if an error is encountered once, it > will probably be encountered again. Also check your alert log, because the > error that caused the dump will be mentioned there. Try to diagnose the > problem before it whacks you again. Good luck. > > Dennis Williams > DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 2:45 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > i had to delete the dump file in order to log into sysdba. it took up the > whole hard drive. > > any examples of what causes a memory dump? what is the point to a memory > dump? > > > > From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2003/09/26 Fri PM 03:19:48 EDT > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: RE: what causes a memory dump? > > > > Cary - Love the succinct reply! > > Ryan - Just create a daemon process that will remove any dump files every > 3 > > seconds. Not to worry. > > Just kidding. You need to review the dump file using your keen > knowledge > > of your system in conjunction with Oracle Support and try to figure out > why > > the application dumped. Pain is your friend. > > > > Dennis Williams > > DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA > > Lifetouch, Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 12:40 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > memory only dumped to the udump. it didnt dump to the bdump. how is it > > decided where it will be dumped? > > > > > > From: "Mladen Gogala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: 2003/09/26 Fri PM 12:09:39 EDT > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: RE: what causes a memory dump? > > > > > > user_dump_dest, background_dump_dest, NJ. > > > > > > -- > > > Mladen Gogala > > > Oracle DBA > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 11:50 AM > > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > Subject: what causes a memory dump? > > > > > > > > > > > > i had one yesterday when i killed a process. Also, what > > > > parameter tells oracle where to dump? > > > > > > > > why does oracle dump memory? It sucked up 3.4 GB of disk > > > > space and we had to do a 'shutdown abort' > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > > > -- > > > > Author: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 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). 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