Re: Limit on PROCESSES in init.ora

From: Steve Holdoway <steve_at_itemfront.ltd.uk>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 00:37:14 +0200
Message-ID: <nj7igug054ooti0dkfonub1ag7dinvpca0@4ax.com>

If it's performance problems that you've got, maybe upgrading to Solaris 8 would help...

Steve

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 22:09:29 GMT, Daniel Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote:

>Dave Kennedy wrote:
>
>> I am trying to raise the number of processes on an Oracle 8.1.7
>> database instance to 400. I have shutdown the database, then edited
>> init.ora changing processes to 400, and then attempted to start the
>> database.
>>
>> I receive this error:
>> ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel
>>
>> And the Oracle instance will not start until I lower the number of
>> processes in init.ora.
>>
>> Can anyone help me figure out what is going on?
>>
>> (Oracle is running on Solaris 7.)
>
>Go back to your installation documentation and read the section on
>semaphores and shared memory.
>
>You will need to alter your /etc/system file to correspond with the new
>number of processes.
>
>Daniel Morgan
Received on Thu Jun 13 2002 - 17:37:14 CDT