Re: ORACLE owner's ulimit

In article <34e0d178.27463914_at_news>, Kevin Rice <krice_at_spss.com> wrote:
>I just installed Oracle 7.3.2.1 on a Solaris 2.6 box using the 7.3.2.3
>installer patch. Unfortunately, when I try to run the
><orainst>/root.sh script, it tells me that I need to raise the ulimit
>for the Oracle owner per the IUG. According to the ulimit man page,
>there's approximately a half-a-dozen limits. I tried locating
>something about it in the install docs and couldn't find squat. Which
>limit are they talking about and what do I need to do to raise it and
>what should it be raised to?

It can be ignored if your ulimit is "unlimited." On some configurations, some scripts will blow up if you have a non-numeric ulimit. I saw that on hp-ux, and always assumed some versions must have had the problem on the Solaris Oracle versions I skipped while in the non-solaris world.

If you look in the root.sh, this message occurs if the $REMOTE_DB != T - truly some quality programming there, it is assuming if you are not root.sh-ing a remote database that your ulimit is wrong. They used to ship a shell just for oracle, and check your ulimit (which would blow up if unlimited), and it looks like they took out the no-longer-necessary problem code, leaving this perplexing message.

>
>Kevin Rice

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