You can NOT use memory_target or memory_max_target with HugePages. That's a non-starter. Don. On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Stefano Cislaghi <s.cislaghi@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > Hi, > two possibile solution: > > 1. Open SQLPlus and even with instance in idle execute: > create pfile='/tmp/pfilename' from spfile='+ASM/path/to/spfile'; > > Modify the pfile and then following the same procedure create a new spfile > from memory > > 2. Create a standard pfile, startup nomount your instance and do the step 1 > 3. With asmcmd you may copy the spfile from ASM to disk, using strings > command convert it in plain text and then use if as a pfile > > BTW, I always avoid to have the spfile in ASM for this and many other > similar reasons. > > Ste > -- > http://www.stefanocislaghi.eu > > -- Don Seiler http://seilerwerks.wordpress.com ultimate: http://www.mufc.us