RE: undotbs01.dbf just keeps growing

2004-01-06 Thread Michael Milligan
I had the same thing happen in a DB I inherited. Turns out the PCTINCREASE was set to 50%! I set optimal and tried to shrink, but extents were located throughout. The only thing I could do was drop the tablespace and recreate it and all the rollback (undo) segments. HTH Mike -Original Messag

RE: undotbs01.dbf just keeps growing

2004-01-06 Thread Bobak, Mark
Dunn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 1/6/2004 3:54 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Cc: Subject: RE: undotbs01.dbf just keeps growing Daniel How can i use the v$undostat.maxquerylen value to configuure the undo tablespace? Also, how can I tell what the longest

RE: undotbs01.dbf just keeps growing

2004-01-06 Thread John Dunn
Daniel How can i use the v$undostat.maxquerylen value to configuure the undo tablespace? Also, how can I tell what the longest transaction is actually doing?, i.e what sql is being run? John -Original Message- Sent: 05 January 2004 17:54 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Jare

Re: undotbs01.dbf just keeps growing

2004-01-05 Thread Daniel Fink
Jared, It sure is nice to be missed. I'll make sure my secretary calls you about my future vacation plans...:) You've nailed the problem. Autoextend, automatic undo and high undo retention is a recipe for high disk usage. The aum algorithm is such that preference is given to extending over reuse

RE: undotbs01.dbf just keeps growing

2003-12-31 Thread Jared Still
> Whats the best way to go about identifying any large transactions? Ask the developers and users. As for the size of the UNDO TBS, check and modify your retention times as suggested by Anjo, and control the autoextending of the datafiles. Jared On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 01:39, John Dunn wrote: > T

RE: undotbs01.dbf just keeps growing

2003-12-31 Thread John Dunn
Thanks Jared <> Whats the best way to go about identifying any large transactions? John -Original Message- Sent: 31 December 2003 04:34 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L The data file(s) for your undo tablespace is likely set as autoextend with an unlimited size. Run the atta

Re: undotbs01.dbf just keeps growing

2003-12-30 Thread Jared Still
The data file(s) for your undo tablespace is likely set as autoextend with an unlimited size. Run the attached script to check it. If so, you can use this to put a limit on it: alter database datafile '' autoextend on next 200m maxsize 2000m; Adjust the numbers for your system. You should prob

RE: undotbs01.dbf just keeps growing

2003-12-30 Thread Anjo Kolk
Reduce your undo_retention time/period. Anjo. -Original Message- John Dunn Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 12:29 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I have recently installed Standard Engine 9.2 on AIX 5.2 and notice that the undotbs01.dbf file just keeps on growing. It is now

undotbs01.dbf just keeps growing

2003-12-30 Thread John Dunn
I have recently installed Standard Engine 9.2 on AIX 5.2 and notice that the undotbs01.dbf file just keeps on growing. It is now over 1 GB. What could be the reason for this? Can I limit it's size and would this cause a problem too? John -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafa