Database Fails to Start with "ORA-27125: unable to create shared memory segment" While Using 'srvctl' but Starts Successfully using 'sqlplus' in Role Separated Environment On Solaris (Doc ID 2410798.1)

Last updated on JULY 24, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - 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
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)
Oracle Solaris on x86-64 (64-bit)

Symptoms

In this role separated environment, the database fails to start with "srvctl" but it can start manually using "sqlplus":

ERROR
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ORA-27125: unable to create shared memory segment

Changes

Cause

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Database Fails to Start with "ORA-27125: unable to create shared memory segment" While Using 'srvctl' but Starts Successfully using 'sqlplus' in Role Separated Environment On Solaris (Doc ID 2410798.1)

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Symptoms

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Cause

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