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ORA-04031 Errors in the Shared Pool When Setting CPU_COUNT to a High Value on Exadata Systems (Doc ID 2590152.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.2.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When setting CPU_COUNT to a high value on engineered systems such as Exadata and Automatic Shared Memory Management (ASMM) or Automatic Memory Management (AMM) is in use, it is noticed that the shared pool and/or buffer cache is smaller than expected. This can lead to ORA-4031 'unable to allocate xx bytes of shared memory' errors in the shared pool.

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