Oracle Database on Linux Fails to Start - ORA-27154 ORA-27300 ORA-27301 ORA-27302: failure occurred at: sskgpbitsper (Doc ID 2789636.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

Oracle Database is installed on Oracle Linux.
Multiple database instances are successfully running.
Requisite kernel parameter kernel.sem defines more than sufficient total semaphores for the required number of instances.
Attempting to start another instance fails with the following system semaphore related errors:

Changes

Attempted startup of a newly created database instance.

Cause

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