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Parallel DML failing with ORA-12801 and ORA-00379 (Doc ID 3028813.1)

Last updated on JUNE 29, 2024

Applies to:

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

Symptoms

Parallel DML is failing with below error.

INSERT /*+ APPEND PARALLEL(32)*/ INTO <table name>
Caused By: java.sql.SQLRecoverableException: ORA-00603: ORACLE server session terminated by fatal error
ORA-00379: no free buffers available in buffer pool DEFAULT for block size 32K
ORA-12801: error signaled in parallel query server P045, instance <INSTANCE NAME>
ORA-00379: no free buffers available in buffer pool DEFAULT for block size 32K

Error Codes
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ORA-00379: no free buffers available in buffer pool DEFAULT for block size 32K

Cause

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