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Symptoms |
Cause |
Solution |
References |
APPLIES TO:
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.3 to 11.2.0.2 [Release 10.2 to 11.2]Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)
SYMPTOMS
Slow performance across RAC database on Solaris 10.
AWR reports indicate excessive number of lost blocks. OS Watcher (netstat) data shows increase in ipReasmFails counter over time.
CAUSE
This is caused by a Sun bug:
BUG 15529329 udp packets are dropped (ipReasmFails) if soft rings are enabled
This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 U8.
SOLUTION
Please apply the following OS patch:
141414-01 (for Solaris sparc)
137104-02 (for Solaris x86)
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