Re: instance shutdown problem ? (please help)

2002-11-23 Thread Arup Nanda
John, Well, system does not do a shutdown abort. Oracle finds a problem and then instance aborts. A few things you can do here. (1) See if a trace file is generated around that time in user_dump_dest or background_dump_dest that might provide clues. If you see a core fiel in any directory nam

RE: 1M STRIPE SIZE BEST?

2002-11-23 Thread Cary Millsap
Jared, If an I/O call size is bigger than the Striping Unit (the size of one chunk), then a single I/O call can motivate participation of 2+ disks in an array. Even if the I/O call size is exactly the same as the striping unit, it can still motivate activity on 2 disks under normal operating condi

Re: Oracle 10i features

2002-11-23 Thread Jared Still
Look for it to improve dramatically. I might even try to use it. Jared On Sunday 17 November 2002 06:13, J. Laurindo Chiappa wrote: > Jared, just a thought : ** WHY ** Oracle experts charged in OEM > developmentcan´t do anything close - fast, sweet & simple , just to the > point ?? Until now,

RE: Do user processes apply against shmmax limit?

2002-11-23 Thread John Kanagaraj
Jay, I would suggest that your SA look at the 'w' column under procs. This shows that _since_ UNIX restart 23 jobs were continuously in the wait queue. Maybe something starts up on system reboot... >procs memorypagedisk > r b w swap free re mf pi po fr d

Re: Netbackup [#2]

2002-11-23 Thread Jared Still
... and buy the training. You will not fully understand Net Backup without it. Jared On Monday 18 November 2002 02:23, O'Neill, Sean wrote: > Is no-one out there using NetBackup???. > > Without wishing to sound rude I'll assume a non-response indicates an > affirmative to that OR that you're al

Re: Do user processes apply against shmmax limit?

2002-11-23 Thread Jared Still
Tim, Unless shared servers (MTS) are in use, in which case either the UGA or PGA is in the SGA. To be honest, I can't recall which, and I'm too lazy to go look it up right now. But MTS will consume memory on a per user basis, though the poster didn't mention it. And I'm quite sure you know t

Re: db file sequential read

2002-11-23 Thread Jared Still
On Tuesday 19 November 2002 08:39, Cary Millsap wrote: > 1. Make sure that the report on this statistic isn't being tricked by > examining V$SESSION_WAIT.SECONDS_IN_WAIT. I'd bet money that this is > what's happening. If your report uses this column, then it is highly > likely that you're not actua

Re: 1M STRIPE SIZE BEST?

2002-11-23 Thread Jared Still
Maybe I've forgotten something fundamental about the way RAID 5 works, I dunno. But I'm having a hard time understanding how stripe size is going to determine the number of heads used in an IO. RAID 5 distributes the data across all spindles, with 1 or more of the spindles for any IO being used

Re: Do user processes apply against shmmax limit?

2002-11-23 Thread Rachel Carmichael
most disturbing is the thought that this person IS the sysadmin with this level of knowledge. --- Tim Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your Sys Admin is wrong. The SHMxxx OS parameters refer to "shared > memory", > not private process heap memory. On most UNIX variants, the "ulimit" > comm

RE: 9i On Win2k

2002-11-23 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Something similar happens on Tru64 UNIX when you start the Oracle Universal Installer, a command line window pops up to start the Java environment. I suppose the same thing is going on in Win32. Regards, Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) -Original Message- Sent: Satur

instance shutdown problem ? (please help)

2002-11-23 Thread john
ver 8i NT4.o all services have been set to automatic and start fine however the NT Event Viwer and the oracle "alert.log" show that the instance being shutdown just after the box boots up. how do we rectify this problem ? below is from the alert.log ORA-205 signalled during: alter database mou

RE: 9i On Win2k

2002-11-23 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I see it too. Don't know how to you can avoid it, but would be interested in finding out! Regards, Pat. -Original Message- Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 4:44 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Has anyone experienced a MS Dos window always being present on their 9.2 install

Re: Storing of number datatype in table

2002-11-23 Thread Arup Nanda
There is a file called glogin.sql under $ORACLE_HOME/sqlplus/admin where you can place the line set numwidth 13, or whatever else. This file is read by every session when they connect through sql*plus in that machine. Caution : sessions sonncting through sqlplus only on that machine read this, n

9i On Win2k

2002-11-23 Thread Jay
Has anyone experienced a MS Dos window always being present on their 9.2 install of SQL Worksheet? If so is there anyway to not have the window open all of the time when running it? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jay INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City

Re: ora-2083,ora-1256 Urgent

2002-11-23 Thread Ponnusamy
ORA-2083 02083, 0, "database name has illegal character '%s'" // *Cause: supplied database name can contain only A-Z, 0-9, '_', '#', '$'nb // '.' and '@' characters. // Solution Description: = Potential Solution(s): 1. Check whether you are using a dash "-" in the database

Re: Do user processes apply against shmmax limit?

2002-11-23 Thread Tim Gorman
Your Sys Admin is wrong. The SHMxxx OS parameters refer to "shared memory", not private process heap memory. On most UNIX variants, the "ulimit" command is used to limit the consumption of memory for heap, stack, etc... - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EM

Re: test (please ignore)

2002-11-23 Thread Tim Gorman
Why do people do this? What is it that they are testing? And why should we ignore it and not each and every single one of us respond directly to such "testers" to express displeasure (without replying to the list)? Just a thought... - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list

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2002-11-23 Thread Linda . Miller-Coker
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Re: help with connecting to sqlplus

2002-11-23 Thread Ponnusamy
John, Try this, $ sqlplus "/ as sysdba" HTH ...Ponnusamy At 09:13 AM 11/23/2002 -0800, john wrote: ver 8i on windows NT4 chose the Typical install in 8i during installation hence i guess a starter db is created by the installation via svrmgrl did startup trying to connect to sqlplus both gu

Do user processes apply against shmmax limit?

2002-11-23 Thread Miller, Jay
Hi everyone, I was always under the impression that the only concern with shmmax was that it be large enough for the SGA to fit into it. One of my System Administrators has just told me that the individual user processes (i.e., the PGA since we're not using multi-threaded server) get added to the

help with connecting to sqlplus

2002-11-23 Thread john
ver 8i on windows NT4 chose the Typical install in 8i during installation hence i guess a starter db is created by the installation via svrmgrl did startup trying to connect to sqlplus both gui as well as command line (on the same server box itself) tried with just sqlplus and it challenges for

RE: 1M STRIPE SIZE BEST?

2002-11-23 Thread Rich Holland
Ethan, EMC is recommending a 2-cylinder stripe depth now (960KB) which is pretty close to the 1MB that Oracle's SAME (Stripe and Mirror Everything) configuration recommended in the Optimal Storage Configuration Made Easy paper. Other recommendations: - use at least 4-member or 8-member striped me

test (please ignore)

2002-11-23 Thread john
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test (please ignore)

2002-11-23 Thread john
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RE: Storing of number datatype in table

2002-11-23 Thread Amar Kumar Padhi
Title: RE: Storing of number datatype in table set it in your login or glogin file. This file is run by default when you login through sql*plus. rgds amar http://amzone.netfirms.com The best way to express yourself is to be yourself. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mai

Re: Storing of number datatype in table

2002-11-23 Thread Satyendra K Khare
set numwidth value in login.sql file oracle read it when open a new session Satyendra .. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thank u list for ur imm resp. It was the prob with numwidth. > Now I have set the num width to 25 and s working fine. > But whenever i stat the sql the default is set to 9. how do

Re: Storing of number datatype in table

2002-11-23 Thread Stephane Faroult
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Thank u list for ur imm resp. It was the prob with numwidth. > Now I have set the num width to 25 and s working fine. > But whenever i stat the sql the default is set to 9. how do i change the > def numwidth?? > Regards, > > Sathyanarayanan > > |+

Re: tns-12500 unable to start dedicated server process.

2002-11-23 Thread Stephane Faroult
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have 3 instances on Oracle 8.1.6,Nt 4. They are all started but on one > instance I connect via the listener. The only connection is at > the server not using service name. I have the usual plenty of > memory,swap,etc. It has been working fine until today. I eve