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DataPump Network Mode Import Consumes Lots Of Temporary Segments In TEMP Tablespace (Doc ID 1499422.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 30, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.1.0.2 to 11.2.0.4 [Release 10.1 to 11.2]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema 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
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

You try to import a huge table with DataPump import (IMPDP) using a network link. During this procedure, lots of temporary segments are allocated in TEMP tablespace and the import job may fail with the errors like:

Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/TABLE/TABLE
ORA-39171: Job is experiencing a resumable wait.
ORA-1652: unable to extend temp segment by 128 in tablespace TEMP

Cause

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