nothing in the alert log. we have a script that polls it.
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> Ryan - The largest I've seen is 4-meg., so this is unusual. My suggestion
> would be to change your USER_DUMP_DEST to a drive with more free space,
> because the DBA's rule of life is that if an error is encountered once, it
> will probably be encountered again. Also check your alert log, because the
> error that caused the dump will be mentioned there. Try to diagnose the
> problem before it whacks you again. Good luck.
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
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>
> i had to delete the dump file in order to log into sysdba. it took up the
> whole hard drive.
>
> any examples of what causes a memory dump? what is the point to a memory
> dump?
> >
> > From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
> > Date: 2003/09/26 Fri PM 03:19:48 EDT
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > Subject: RE: RE: what causes a memory dump?
> >
> > Cary - Love the succinct reply!
> > Ryan - Just create a daemon process that will remove any dump files
every
> 3
> > seconds. Not to worry.
> > Just kidding. You need to review the dump file using your keen
> knowledge
> > of your system in conjunction with Oracle Support and try to figure out
> why
> > the application dumped. Pain is your friend.
> >
> > Dennis Williams
> > DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
> > Lifetouch, Inc.
> > dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
> >
> >
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> > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 12:40 PM
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> >
> >
> > memory only dumped to the udump. it didnt dump to the bdump. how is it
> > decided where it will be dumped?
> > >
> > > From: "Mladen Gogala" <mladen_at_wangtrading.com>
> > > Date: 2003/09/26 Fri PM 12:09:39 EDT
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > > Subject: RE: what causes a memory dump?
> > >
> > > user_dump_dest, background_dump_dest, NJ.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mladen Gogala
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> > > > Subject: what causes a memory dump?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > i had one yesterday when i killed a process. Also, what
> > > > parameter tells oracle where to dump?
> > > >
> > > > why does oracle dump memory? It sucked up 3.4 GB of disk
> > > > space and we had to do a 'shutdown abort'
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