Why dont you change the user_dump_dest using alter system command ________________________________ From: dba.young young <dba.young@xxxxxxxxx> To: ora-apps-dba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 5:33:13 PM Subject: Reg:trace files in udump Hi ALL, Requesting your kind help here. Please help as this is urgent. I have a mount point on my production server which is getting full very fast. It is because of udump folder where the trace files are getting generated every minute in that folder. -rw-rw-r-- 1 oracle dba 419841 Nov 15 15:28 frtu78_ora_874_APPS.trc -rw-rw-r-- 1 oracle dba 190871 Nov 15 15:28 frtu78_ora_345_APPS.trc -rw-rw-r-- 1 oracle dba 47250 Nov 15 15:29 frtu78_ora_890.trc Now I want to turn this trace off, can u pls let me know how to turn the trace off, so that the folder does not get full. What should I look for to turn the trace off. This is affecting the oracle applications. The instance is 11.5.10 & database is 10g. Cheers, Young.