Errors in file /opt/app/oracle/admin/orcl/bdump/orcl1_psp0_544938.trc: ORA-27300: OS system dependent operation:fork failed with status: 12 ORA-27301: OS failure message: Not enough space ORA-27302: failure occurred at: skgpspawn3 Mon Dec 9 15:20:26 2013 Process PZ15 died, see its trace file Mon Dec 9 15:20:26 2013 Process startup failed, error stack: Mon Dec 9 15:20:26 2013 Errors in file /opt/app/oracle/admin/orcl/bdump/orcl1_psp0_544938.trc: ORA-27300: OS system dependent operation:fork failed with status: 12 ORA-27301: OS failure message: Not enough space ORA-27302: failure occurred at: skgpspawn3 Mon Dec 9 15:20:27 2013 Process PZ14 died, see its trace file Mon Dec 9 15:20:27 2013 Process startup failed, error stack: Mon Dec 9 15:20:27 2013 Errors in file /opt/app/oracle/admin/orcl/bdump/orcl1_psp0_544938.trc: ORA-27300: OS system dependent operation:fork failed with status: 12 ORA-27301: OS failure message: Not enough space ORA-27302: failure occurred at: skgpspawn3 Mon Dec 9 15:20:28 2013 Process PZ13 died, see its trace file Mon Dec 9 18:10:24 2013 Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 14822
这个错误很典型,不同的提示有不同的解决方法, 具体可以看Troubleshooting ORA-27300 ORA-27301 ORA-27302 errors (Doc ID 579365.1),针对这个错误提示,有如下解释:
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APPLIES TO:
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.1 to 11.2.0.3 [Release 10.2 to 11.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
***Checked for relevance on 11-Jan-2012***
SYMPTOMS
The database cannot start up due to the following errors:
*** SERVICE NAME:(SYS$BACKGROUND) 2008-03-24 17:02:34.855
*** SESSION ID:(1104.1) 2008-03-24 17:02:34.855
*** 2008-03-24 17:02:34.855
Process startup failed, error stack:
ORA-27300: OS system dependent operation:fork failed with status: 12
ORA-27301: OS failure message: Not enough space
ORA-27302: failure occurred at: skgpspawn3
*** 2008-03-24 17:02:38.158
Process startup failed, error stack:
ORA-27300: OS system dependent operation:fork failed with status: 12
ORA-27301: OS failure message: Not enough space
ORA-27302: failure occurred at: skgpspawn3
CAUSE
This issue is mainly caused by lack of memory / swap. Checking the memory configuration on the server, the following was found:
Total Physical Memory 38912 MB Swap: Max Size 17664 MiB
So, RAM is 38 GB, SWAP space is only 17 GB
SOLUTION
1- We should increase the server swap space (paging space). In 11.1 and 10.2, the general rule of thumb is that swap space should be: RAM SWAP 1GB to 2GB 1.5 times RAM > 2GB and <= 8GB 1 times RAM > 8GB .75 times RAM
In 11.2, it is: RAM SWAP 1GB to 2GB 1.5 times RAM > 2GB and <= 16GB 1 times RAM > 16GB 16GB RAM
So in our case on 10.2, the recommended swap space should be 28 GB instead of 17 GB
2- We can also try to increase physical memory, if possible.
3- On Unix Platforms, the user limits for user oracle should be checked using the "ulimit -a " command.
4- We should also check memory parameters in the pfile/spfile that may add more load to the memory consumption on the server. For example setting the following parameters can add more overhead to memory consumption
- lock_sga=true - db_keep_cache_size=<High Value >
ORA-27300: OS system dependent operation:fork failed with status: 12
今天查看一用户的alert日志,发现日志中有ora-27300错误,具体错误如下:Errors in file /opt/app/oracle/admin/orcl/bdump/orcl1_psp0_544938.trc:ORA-27300: OS system dependent operation:fork failed with status: 12ORA-27301: OS f