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Reclaiming Space From Tables [message #668552]

Thu, 01 March 2018 03:57

dsslim
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Registered: March 2018

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Hi,

I'm tasked to reclaim spaces from the database. I've ran OEM segment advisor against the tablespaces and so far it recommends me to shrink the indexes. I'm puzzled that the tables are not shown. Does it mean that all the tables are not fragmented ? Or it will only be displayed if a certain level of fragmentation has reached ?

Is there a script to find the fragmentation level in the tables ? I'm also looking at Alter table shrink cascade...but I need to acertain that I'll reclaim some spaces else not worth the effort.

Please advise. TIA !

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Re: Reclaiming Space From Tables [message #668560 is a reply to message #668552]

Thu, 01 March 2018 06:32

John Watson
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Welcome to the forum. Please read the OraFAQ Forum Guide and How to use code tags and make your code easier to read

I would just run SHRINK SPACE CASCADE against all your tables. If there is no space to be reclaimed, it will be very quick. Are you aware that this operation will not reduce the size of the database? All it will do is free up space within the database.

As for "a script to find the fragmentation level in the tables" you would need to define what you mean by "fragmentation".

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Re: Reclaiming Space From Tables [message #668562 is a reply to message #668560]

Thu, 01 March 2018 07:34

BlackSwan
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> I need to acertain that I'll reclaim some spaces
Reclaim from where to where?
Total disk space remains constant (unless & until you physically add new disk drive).

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Re: Reclaiming Space From Tables [message #668567 is a reply to message #668562]

Thu, 01 March 2018 23:44

dsslim
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I'm trying to reclaim unused space from the tablespaces' datafiles and return them to OS.

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Re: Reclaiming Space From Tables [message #668568 is a reply to message #668567]

Fri, 02 March 2018 00:13

John Watson
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ALTER DATABASE DATAFILE ... RESIZE ... ;

It usually doesn't work unless you do a lot of segment reorganization first. And often not then, either. You may be better off looking at clearing out the diagnostic destination.

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Re: Reclaiming Space From Tables [message #668594 is a reply to message #668567]

Tue, 06 March 2018 03:57

gazzag
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Registered: November 2010
Location: Bedwas, UK

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And what happens when your database next needs to grow? This sounds like a task given to you by a manager with more time than experience on his/her hands.

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