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ORA-449 AND ORA-600[3705] WHEN TRYING TO OPEN DATABASE (Doc ID 1054592.6)

Last updated on DECEMBER 28, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.3 to 11.2.0.3 [Release 11.2]
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

You are trying to startup the database. It mounts but will not open.
When it opens the following errors are reported:

ORA 00449
00449, 00000, "background process '%s' unexpectedly terminated with error %s"
// *Cause: A foreground process needing service from a background
// process has discovered the process died.
// *Action: Consult the error code, and the trace file for the process.

ORA 00470
00470, 00000, "LGWR process terminated with error"
// *Cause: The log writer process died
// *Action: Warm start instance

ORA 01092
01092, 00000, "ORACLE instance terminated. Disconnection forced"
// *Cause: The instance this process was connected to was terminated
// abnormally, probably via a shutdown abort. This process
// was forced to disconnect from the instance.
// *Action: When instance has been restarted, retry action.

The Alert log shows ORA-600[3705]

Solution

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