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SMON: Failed to acquire SEG2, skipping transaction (Doc ID 761094.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 8.1.7.1 to 11.2.0.0 [Release 8.1.7 to 11.2]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Alert.log shows the following message:

SMON: Failed to acquire SEG2, skipping transaction xxx.xxx.xxx

Cause

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