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Instance Crash DBWR reports ORA-27102:out Of Memory Error:12:Not Enough Space (Doc ID 3077379.1)

Last updated on MARCH 21, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.25.0.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Database alert log shows following errors:

ORA-27102: out of memory
IBM AIX RISC System/6000 Error: 12: Not enough space
Additional information: 7281
Additional information: 2097152
DBW0 (ospid: xxxxxxxx ): terminating the instance due to ORA error 27102

DBW0 background process trace file shows:

error 27102 detected in background process
ORA-27102: out of memory
IBM AIX RISC System/6000 Error: 12: Not enough space
Additional information: 7281
Additional information: 2097152

Changes

 Applied 19.25 DBRU

Cause

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