RE: Win2K /4GT - Request for imagecfg.exe utility

Okay,

That settles it. I will look for some other alternative to prevent the 4030 errors.

Thanks everybody.

Charu.

-----Original Message-----
From: Giovanni Cuccu [mailto:giovanni.cuccu_at_gmail.com] Sent: 19 July 2005 07:56
To: joshic_at_mahindrabt.com
Cc: Oracle List
Subject: Re: Win2K /4GT - Request for imagecfg.exe utility

Hi Charu,

   I tried the /3GB switch with no luck on win 2000 server. I think the only option is to upgrade the os since the memory limit is imposed by windows not by oracle.
Giovanni

On 7/19/05, Charu Joshi <joshic_at_mahindrabt.com> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks Giovanni and Niall.
>
> The entry in boot.ini reads :
>
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft
> Windows 2000 Server" /fastdetect /3GB
>
> The server has been rebooted since then.
>
>
> And still we start getting 4030 when the Oracle.exe process size reaches
> around 1.8 GB (shown in perfmon). So it looks like just setting the /3GB
> flag won't help.
>
> I found the following note on Microsoft site which concurs with Giovanni,
> that the /3GB setting applies to Win 2k Advanced Server or higher.
>
>

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/memory/base /4gt_ram_tuning.asp
>
> Giovanni (or anybody else), have you tried this setting on Wink 2K server?
> If you are quite certain that this works only with Win 2K Advanced Server
or
> higher, then I will start looking for other options.
>
> Meanwhile please send the utility if possible.
>
> Thanks & regards,
> Charu Joshi.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org

[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On
> Behalf Of Niall Litchfield
> Sent: 18 July 2005 14:25
> To: joshic_at_mahindrabt.com
> Cc: Oracle List
> Subject: Re: Win2K /4GT - Request for imagecfg.exe utility
>
>
> Have you verified that you really need this?
>
> The earlier note specifically doesn't apply to NT4 and I certainly have
> never needed to run this tool on Oracle.exe versions. All I have done when
> experimenting with this is to set the /3GB flag in boot.ini. Does this not
> work correctly on your version?
>
>
> On 7/18/05, Charu Joshi <joshic_at_mahindrabt.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We have our production database (8.1.7.4) hosted on Windows 2000 Server.
> Of
> > late we are frequently experiencing ORA-4030 errors, because the
> Oracle.exe
> > process footprint grows close to 2 GB.
> >
> > I came across metalink notes 46001.1 and 116076.1, which mention a way
to
> > configure Win2K OS, so that a process can grow upto 3GB, instead of the
> > original 2 GB. This requires a utility called imagecfg.exe. This is
> supposed
> > to come with the Server Supplement One CD of Windows 2000 Server.
> >
> > I checked with our hardware people but they don't have the CD. I googled
> for
> > the utility, but the versions found did not have the '-l' option that is
> > required for this task.
> >
> > So may I request you to send the utility directly to me in a ZIP file
> > archive, if you happen to have it? Also, if you have used this utility
> > before, please care to share your experience.
> >
> > Thanks & regards,
> > Charu.
> >
> >
> > --
> > http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com

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