Mike, DB restarted with some delay in shut down immediate(due to tx recovery). I've gone through oerr 7211 and subsequent workarounds from metalink which point to a bug -failure of bg processes to withstand OS errors. Trouble is that my traces/alert are very quiet about the possible system error:
------alertSID.log Thu Apr 4 10:52:47 2002 ARC5: Completed archiving log# 9 seq# 246986 ARC5: Beginning to archive log# 6 seq# 102424 ARC5: Completed archiving log# 6 seq# 102424 Thu Apr 4 11:00:17 2002 Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 246988 Current log# 1 seq# 246988 mem# 0: /data1/oradata/flag/redo1_40.log Thu Apr 4 11:00:17 2002 ARC7: Beginning to archive log# 2 seq# 246987 Thu Apr 4 11:00:17 2002 Current log# 1 seq# 246988 mem# 1: /data3/oradata/flag/redo2_40.log LGWR: terminating instance due to error 7211 Instance terminated by LGWR, pid = 525828 Thu Apr 4 11:10:35 2002 Starting ORACLE instance (normal) Thu Apr 4 11:10:35 2002 --------LGWR Trace /opsdump/flag/bdump/lgwr_525828.trc Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production With the Partitioning and Parallel Server options JServer Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production ORACLE_HOME = /ops/product/817 System name: OSF1 Node name: sauga01.mtn.co.ug Release: V5.1 Version: 732 Machine: alpha Instance name: flag1 Redo thread mounted by this instance: 1 Oracle process number: 6 Unix process pid: 525828, image: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (LGWR) *** 2002-04-04 11:00:49.206 *** SESSION ID:(5.1) 2002-04-04 11:00:49.152 error 7211 detected in background process -----EOFs My ORACLE RDBMS is Version: 8.1.7.0.0. on Tru64 Digital Unix -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 12:38 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Simon, My 8.1.7.3 system returns this description from oerr : 07211, 00000, "slgcs: gettimeofday error, unable to get wall clock." // *Cause: Gettimeofday system call returned an error. Possible OS error. // *Action: Check additional information returned in OS reference manual. // Contact customer support. Sounds like yoiu need to send your trace files to Oracle support. Has your database restarted OK? Regards, Mike Hately -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Simon Waibale 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).
