Drop undo tablespace fails with ORA-60 (deadlock)

(Doc ID 1375391.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Applies to:

Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

After creating a new UNDO tablespace, shutting down database cleanly and  re-starting droping the old inactive UNDO tablespace failed with the following messaged in alert.log

 

Cause

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