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"ipcs -m" Displays Incorrect Shared Memory Segment Sizes in Oracle 11G (Doc ID 731658.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.1.0.6 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
Generic Linux



Symptoms

The "ipcs -m" indicates allocated shared memory segments. In Oracle 11G all of the segments are between 808 and 4096 bytes, where as the instance has a 4GB SGA .Output of ipcs -m:

Cause

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