If your database is in archivelog mode,is your archive_log_dest full? This will stop the database dead until you remedy the situation.
Just my $0.02, Ruth ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 3:21 PM > I have opened a TAR with Oracle and am waiting a resolution. In the meantime, > I am wondering if anybody else has any ideas while I wait. > > Specifics: > IBM AIX 4.3 > Rdms 8.1.7.3 > Database ~75g > OLTP database with approximately 500 dedicated connections and 500 shared connections with Oracle's MTS. > > Problem: > The database hangs, and no user is able to connect to the instance, except locally through srvmgrl. Even within svrmgrl, we are unable to select anything from > the > database without the query hanging. However, we can abort the instance (shutdown abort) and start it up again just fine. This has happened on 4-22, 4-29 & > 4-30 in the > early afternoon. Usually, this is also our peak busy rate for the week. We are executing MTS for 4 applications, all other applications connect through > dedicated server. > The alert log contains a message unable to start a shared server process. This week it was #41 and last week it was #25. Normally, we do not exceed 5 shared > servers. Another thing I noticed is that there is no time allocated to any of the newly created shared servers. It is as if, it can not process any work > through existing shared > servers and decides to allocate another one, until finally it freezes. I am not sure if this is a MTS problem because I would suspect that I should be able > to establish > a dedicated server connection. And I can not. I think that this is just a symptom of the underlying problem. It would appear to me that we are running out > of a resource, > however our sysadms do not see any resource problems. Does anybody have any ideas how to debug this? Thanks > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Tracy Rahmlow > 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Ruth Gramolini 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).
