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DataPump Import (IMPDP) Returns ORA-54 Resource Busy Errors On Index Build (Doc ID 1428104.1)

Last updated on JULY 26, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.1.0.2 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Running a DataPump import job fails to create/alter indexes. You see the following errors in the DataPump log file:

Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/TABLE/INDEX/INDEX
ORA-39083: Object type INDEX failed to create with error:
ORA-00054: resource busy and acquire with NOWAIT specified or timeout expired
Failing sql is:
ALTER INDEX "<OWNER>"."<INDEX NAME>" NOPARALLEL
ORA-39083: Object type INDEX failed to create with error:
ORA-00054: resource busy and acquire with NOWAIT specified or timeout expired
Failing sql is:
CREATE INDEX "<OWNER>"."<INDEX NAME>" ON "<OWNER>"."<TABLE NAME>" ("<COLUMN NAME 1>", "<COLUMN NAME 2>") PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 2 MAXTRANS 255 STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645 PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT CELL_FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT) TABLESPACE "<TABLE SPACE NAME>" PARALLEL 1
ORA-39083: Object type INDEX failed to create with error:
ORA-00054: resource busy and acquire with NOWAIT specified or timeout expired
Failing sql is:
CREATE INDEX "<OWNER>"."<INDEX NAME>" ON "<OWNER>"."<TABLE NAME>" ("<COLUMN NAME 1>", "<COLUMN NAME 2>") PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 2 MAXTRANS 255 STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645 PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT CELL_FLASH_CACHE DEFAULT) TABLESPACE "<TABLE SPACE NAME>" PARALLEL 1

Cause

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