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ORA-4030 during RMAN operations (Doc ID 559449.1)

Last updated on JUNE 07, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.3 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

During RMAN operations the following error can occur if large amounts of PL/SQL needs to be generated:
ORA-04030: out of process memory when trying to allocate 24 bytes (PL/SQL DIANA,PTG: Node)

or

ORA-04030: out of process memory when trying to allocate 4120 bytes (PLMCD,pdy3M63_Finish_Page_Table: Copy data seg)

You have set your system limits to unlimited (check ulimit -a) but the error still occurs.

Changes

 

Cause

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