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Re: Too many TNS connections open simultaneously

From: Pete Sharman <psharman_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 10:33:16 -0700
Message-ID: <3739BB5B.8D7B95FE@us.oracle.com>


Philippe

The errors you're getting are due to resource limitations at the OS level. To determine which resources, you need to turn tracing on (set it to admin short term to get the maximum info) and examine the trace files.

HTH Pete

Philippe Gamba wrote:

> Thanks for your previous explanations. Until now, we haven't found
> what goes wrong and it is critical for our customer.
>
> Here is the sqlnet.log file, if you can help us finding something
> interesting to learn from it:
>
> *****************************
> *****************************************
> Fatal OSN connect error 12223, connecting to:
> (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)(PROGRAM
> /home1/oracle/app/oracle/product/7
> .3.4/bin/oracle)(ARGV0=oracleSYN1)
> ARGS='(DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)(ADDRESS=(PROTO
> COL=beq)))')(DETACH=NO))(CONNECT_DATA=(CID=(P
> OGRAM=)(HOST=S1)(USER=synapse))))
>
> VERSION INFORMATION:
> TNS for Solaris: Version 2.3.4.0.0 - Production
> Oracle Bequeath NT Protocol Adapter for Solaris: Version
> 2.3.4.0.0 - Pro
> duction
> Time: 11-MAI-99 15:52:20
> Tracing not turned on.
> Tns error struct:
> nr err code: 12223
> TNS-12223: TNS: restriction de limite interne dipassie
> ns main err code: 12540
> TNS-12540: TNS: restriction de limite interne dipassie
> ns secondary err code: 12560
> nt main err code: 510
> TNS-00510: Restriction de limite interne dipassie
>
> and sometimes I've got just after the previous one, the following
> error trace in the sqlnet.log file, from which I don't know either
> what to learn:
>
> Fatal OSN connect error 12547, connecting to:
> (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)(PROGRAM
> /home1/oracle/app/oracle/product/7
> .3.4/bin/oracle)(ARGV0=oracleSYN1)
> ARGS='(DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)(ADDRESS=(PROTO
> COL=beq)))')(DETACH=NO))(CONNECT_DATA=(CID=(P
> OGRAM=)(HOST=S1)(USER=synapse))))
>
> VERSION INFORMATION:
> TNS for Solaris: Version 2.3.4.0.0 - Production
> Oracle Bequeath NT Protocol Adapter for Solaris: Version
> 2.3.4.0.0 - Pro
> duction
> Time: 11-MAI-99 21:50:16
> Tracing not turned on.
> Tns error struct:
> nr err code: 12206
> TNS-12206: TNS: erreur TNS regue pendant la navigation
> ns main err code: 12547
> TNS-12547: TNS: contact perdu
> ns secondary err code: 12560
> nt main err code: 517
> TNS-00517: Contact perdu
> nt secondary err code: 32
> nt OS err code: 0
>
> We access the database mostly via RogueWave DbTools++.
> Thanks a lot in advance if you can help.
>
>
> Pete Sharman a écrit :
>
>> Philippe
>>
>> Error: ORA 12223
>> Text: TNS:internal limit restriction exceeded
>> -----------------------------------------------
>> -------------------------------
>>
>> Cause: Too many TNS connections open simultaneously.
>> Action: Wait for connections to close and re-try.
>>
>> Explanation:
>> A layer of the net code has run out of some resource.
>> Information lower down the error stack may help
>> identify the resource which is depleted.
>>
>> Diagnosis:
>> - Check the error stack for any OS errors
>> (see sqlnet.log)
>> The OS errors at in the error stack normally indicate
>> which
>> resource is depleted.
>>
>> - You may also need to get client or listener trace output
>> to see what was happening when the resource was depleted.
>>
>> - Check the OS kernel parameters for number of processes,
>> file
>> handles etc.. Eg: NPROC, MAXUPRC, NFILE, NSTREAM
>>
>> - This message will frequently appear when swap space is
>> exhausted,
>> Check the memory usage.
>>
>> - Check for lots of DEFUNCT process in the process listing.
>> These
>> use up slots in the process table and would indicate a
>> problem.
>>
>> HTH.
>>
>> Pete
>>
>> Philippe Gamba wrote:
>>
>> > I've got a process that sometimes (around once per week) stoping
>> with
>> > the following message :
>> >
>> > TNS 12223 : "Too many TNS connections open simultaneously"
>> >
>> > Who can tell me about what goes wrong in my application and what
>> to look
>> > for ?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > --
>> > Philippe GAMBA (SO223) - SEMA GROUP TELECOM
>> > mailto:philippe.gamba_at_grenoble.sema.fr
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Pete
>>
>> ~~~~
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Pete Sharman Email:
>> psharman_at_us.oracle.com
>> Project Manager Phone: +1.650.607.0109
>> (int'l)
>> Worldwide Internal Services Education (650)607 0109
>> (local)
>> Oracle Corporation
>>
>> SQL> select standard_disclaimer, witty_remark
>> 2 from company_requirements;
>>
>> Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Oracle
>> Corporation
>>
>> "Controlling application developers is like herding cats."
>> Kevin Loney, ORACLE DBA Handbook
>> "Oh no it's not! It's much harder than that!"
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>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> --
> Philippe GAMBA (SO223) -
> mailto:philippe.gamba_at_grenoble.sema.fr
>

--

Regards

Pete


Pete Sharman                              Email: psharman_at_us.oracle.com
Project Manager                           Phone: +1.650.607.0109 (int'l)

Worldwide Internal Services Education            (650)607 0109 (local)
Oracle Corporation

SQL> select standard_disclaimer, witty_remark   2 from company_requirements;

Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Oracle Corporation

"Controlling application developers is like herding cats." Kevin Loney, ORACLE DBA Handbook
"Oh no it's not! It's much harder than that!" Bruce Pihlamae, long term ORACLE DBA



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