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Re: how to release system tablespace space?

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 16:13:24 -0700
Message-ID: <1154473995.121604@bubbleator.drizzle.com>


joel garry wrote:
> wyys.cn_at_gmail.com wrote:

>> cause advance replication doesn't work. a lot of data segment locate
>> in sytem tablespace, so system tablespace space is much beeter than
>> before, any ways to release system tablespace space? thanks in advance!

>
> You can only shrink a tablespace as far as there isn't any data. You
> can find a script or use OEM tablespace map (on some versions) to see
> where the data ends in the tablespace. There are more advanced things
> one can do, but you want a good DBA in there if you are messing with
> system. If your database isn't too big, it might even be worthwhile to
> recreate it from scratch, especially if it has been migrated from DMT
> to LMT.
>
> There is some dependence on version and platform.
>
> jg

Look at the dbms_space built-in package. It has two procedures for identifying shrink candidates which may help with shrinking some segments.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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Received on Tue Aug 01 2006 - 18:13:24 CDT

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