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ERROR: Failed to get available system pages to allocate memory (Doc ID 2899750.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

This document aims at providing background, cause and solutions for message 'ERROR: Failed to get available system pages to allocate memory'.

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 Case 1: Startup reports ORA-27106 after enlarging sga_max_size and increasing huge pages
 Case 2: Alert log reports 'RECOMMENDATION: Increase per process memlock (soft) limit ...' after increasing parameter memory_max_target
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