Hi,
$ oerr ora 00020
00020, 00000, "maximum number of processes (%s) exceeded"
// *Cause: All process state objects are in use.
// *Action: Increase the value of the PROCESSES initialization parameter.
Also check the high water mark (max utilization) in SYS.V_$RESOURCE_LIMIT:
SQL> SELECT *
2 FROM v$resource_limit
3 WHERE resource_name = 'processes'
4 /
RESOURCE_NAME CURRENT_UTILIZATION MAX_UTILIZATION INITIAL_AL LIMIT_VALU
--------------- ------------------- --------------- ---------- ----------
processes 19 25 150 150
Best regards.
Frank