This does seem to have been the issue. I had to increase sga_target and then increase the stream pool from 0. Datapump then worked OK. Not sure why this was suddenly required. Have restarted database and am monitoring memory. John Dunn Sefas Innovation Limited. Tel: + 44 (0) 117 373 6122 P Please consider the environment before printing this email -----Original Message----- From: Bertrand Guillaumin [mailto:bertrand.guillaumin@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 04 December 2009 14:28 To: Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx; John Dunn Subject: RE : datapump errors Hi, Also I have seen problems when the streams_pool_size is 0 and sga management is AUTO(use of sga_target). The SGA is full and cannot make space for the stream pool. Maybe increasing streams_pool_size will resolve your problem. B.Guillaumin DBA Consultant DIGORA ________________________________________ De : oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] de la part de Goulet, Richard [Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx] Date d'envoi : vendredi 4 décembre 2009 15:11 À : JDunn@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l digest users Objet : RE: datapump errors Take a look in dba_datapump_jobs. The job may still be in there and even if it's not really functioning you can't start a new job by the same name till you clear this one. Sometimes connecting with impdp/expdp and attaching to the job will allow you to kill it, but sometimes it's already dead, just the master table, which has the same name as the job, hasn't been deleted yet. Simply drop that table and it should clear up nicely. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA/NA Team Lead PAREXEL International ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Dunn Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 6:32 AM To: oracle-l digest users Subject: datapump errors I have run datapump on a regular basis on the same schema but now get the errors below: There have been no database upgrades or anything Any ideas? Connected to: Oracle Database 10g Release 10.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production ORA-31626: job does not exist ORA-31637: cannot create job SYS_SQL_FILE_FULL_01 for user PRODUCER ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SYS_ERROR", line 95 ORA-06512: at "SYS.KUPV$FT_INT", line 600 ORA-39080: failed to create queues "KUPC$C_1_20091204112459" and "KUPC$S_1_20091 204112459" for Data Pump job ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SYS_ERROR", line 95 ORA-06512: at "SYS.KUPC$QUE_INT", line 1555 ORA-04031: unable to allocate 376 bytes of shared memory ("streams pool","unknow n object","streams pool","kwqbsinfy:cco") -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l