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E1: INST: DB: When Installing Local Oracle Database 12c Getting Error "ORA-00821: Specified value of sga_target 768M is too small, needs to be at least 1472M " (Doc ID 2082437.1)

Last updated on JUNE 20, 2018

Applies to:

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools - Version 9.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

On certain machines (workstations or Deployment Server), while trying to install Oracle 12c getting the following error on screen: "The command failed with error 1" and the following in the E1Local.log (located in a path like C:\Oracle\cfgtoollogs\dbca\E1Local):

ORA-00821: Specified value of sga_target 768M is too small, needs to be at least 1472M
ORA-00821: Specified value of sga_target 768M is too small, needs to be at least 1596M

The memory can be increased to 2032 MB and the installation was successful.

- the install of 12c is through E1 9.20 media so 12c installer is being used

NOTE: from Oracle Database Online Documentation 12c Release 1 (12.1) >>> Database Error Messages

"ORA-00821: Specified value of sga_target stringM is too small, needs to be at least stringM"

 

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Cause

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