12C Database Instance Startup Fails With ORA-27102: OUT OF MEMORY Error On Solaris
(Doc ID 1987090.1)
Last updated on JULY 24, 2024
Applies to:
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 and laterOracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)
Symptoms
You have plenty of memory on your server and are able to startup earlier versions (e.g 11gR2) of the database without error, but when trying to start the 12c version, you encounter the following errors:
SVR4 Error: 11: Resource temporarily unavailable
Truss output for and failed startup shows the error on the memcntl() function:
8121: shmget_osm(IPC_PRIVATE, 3204448256, 0640|IPC_CREAT|IPC_EXCL, 0x00400000) = 2030043232
28121: shmat(2030043232, 0x3C0000000, 0) = 0x3C0000000
28121: write(16, " s s k g m _ a c t i o n".., 72) = 72
28121: write(16, "\n", 1) = 1
28121: write(16, " s s k g m l o s m : l".., 69) = 69
28121: write(16, "\n", 1) = 1
28121: memcntl(0x3C0000000, 3204448256, 8, 0, 0, 0) Err#11 EAGAIN <<================
28121: write(16, "\n * * * 2 0 1 5 - 0 2".., 29) = 29
28121: write(16, " s s k g m l o s m : m".., 60) = 60
28121: write(16, "\n", 1) = 1
28121: write(16, " s i z e 3 2 0 4 4 4".., 39) = 39
28121: write(16, "\n", 1) = 1
28121: shmdt(0x3C0000000) = 0
Cause
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