RE: SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO hangs on 9.2.0.4 on Linux

[Matthew Zito]

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Tanel is right.  An unkillable process represents one that is in an interruptible wait context on system response (i.e. a system call).  If you waited long enough, it would probably return (or the box would crashed).  What's an indication of a real hung process/serious kernel bug is where the process is waiting on something, but the kernel isn't servicing it anymore.   Thanks, Matt   -- Matthew Zito GridApp Systems Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 646-220-3551 Phone: 212-358-8211 x 359 http://www.gridapp.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tanel Poder Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 11:55 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO hangs on 9.2.0.4 on Linux Hi!   If your server process couldn't be even killed, then probably it was waiting on kernel IO or smth like that. This is a case when a process can't be killed just like that, even with -9.   I assume you already tried to isolate the problem, by creating smaller file or removing auto segment space management clause?   Tanel.   ----- Original Message ----- From: Mladen Gogala To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 5:44 PM Subject: SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO hangs on 9.2.0.4 on Linux I have RDBMS 9.2.0.4 on RH 7.3 and I executed the following command:   create tablespace wizard datafile '/oradata/WIZ/wizard01.dbf' size 3072M reuse autoextend on next 1024M maxsize 16385m extent management local autoallocate segment space management auto;   The whole system just hung, doing I/O like crazy.  I was unable to killl one of the server processes which survived even shutdown abort, so I had to bounce thw whole box. No errors, no traces, no anything. Does anybody else have experience with this? Is there a known bug (not currently known to me)  with a patch that I can install? I'd really like to use "SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO" and forget about pctfree/pctused stuff.   -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA     Note: This message is for the named person's use only.  It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information.  No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission.  If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender.  You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Wang Trading LLC and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks.  Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity.