Huge System State Dumps Are Being Generated

(Doc ID 1453397.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 15, 2016

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
***Checked for relevance on 15-Dec-2016***

Symptoms

Database instance dumps system state at higher level and fills the diagnostic destinations. The trace shows system state dumped at level 11 like below:

SYSTEM STATE (level=11, with short stacks)

Changes

This occurs while dumping global enqueue events, or other error scenarios.

Cause

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