Re: ORA-07279: spcre: semget error, ...

>==========gast-fzi(hzg), 14/05/97==========
>
>I'm doing Performance measurements with OPS 7.3.2 on an Unix MPP machine
>with (actually) 12 CPU-nodes and 12 Oracle instances. All was working fine
>but now on one of the 12 nodes I get the following (unix-specific) error
>message:
>
>SVRMGR> connect internal
>Connected to an idle instance.
>SVRMGR> startup parallel
>
>******************************************************************
>ORA-07279: spcre: semget error, unable to get first semaphore set.
>SVR4 Error: 28: No space left on device
>Additional information: 1
>******************************************************************
>
>and I have no access to an according manual or other information.
>
>It would be very kind if someone could give me a hint.
>
>
>Herbert Schickle
>
>
>

This is a UNIX kernel problem. You need to increase the semaphores parameter.

While you are at it, it's worth making sure that the shared memory allocated is sufficient for
your needs.
Sally Pearce
Financials DBA(for my sins) Received on Fri May 16 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT