OpenVMS: File related Errors that indicate a lack of OpenVMS Process Quota

(Doc ID 1459407.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 8.1.5.0 and later
HP OpenVMS Alpha
HP OpenVMS Itanium

Symptoms

Running Oracle on OpenVMS

During normal operations (like startup, shutdown, backup, restore, create tablespace, add datafile, RMAN Backup) one or more of the following errors are being encounterd:

ORA-01119: error in creating database file '<filename>'
ORA-27040: file create error, unable to create file
HP IPF VMS Error: 5: i/o error

ORA-01116: error in opening database file nnn
ORA-01110: data file nnn: '<filename>'
ORA-27041: unable to open file
Additional information: 114690

ORA-01116: error in opening database file nnn
ORA-01110: data file nnn: '<filename>'
ORA-27041: unable to open file
Additional information: 114924

could not read file header for datafile nnnn error reason 5
RMAN-06056: could not access datafile nnnn

Changes

Since the last successful operation (startup, shutdown, backup, restore, create tablespace, add datafile) additional files have been added to the database.

Cause

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