The real culprit is that root.sh we all run when installing and patching... From the root.sh on my test install of 10.1.0.5 (around line 452): OCRCONFIG=$OCRCONFIGDIR/ocr.loc OCRLOC=$ORACLE_HOME/cdata/localhost/local.ocr INIT_CSS=TRUE INIT_OCR=FALSE Just change the INIT_CSS to FALSE after the installer prompts you to run the root.sh, but before you execute it, and CSS will not get started or installed in the /etc/init.d | /etc/rc3.d directories to start at boot. Don't forget that this needs to be done when installing any DBMS patch that has a root.sh too - not just on the original install. 10.2 seems to not install CSS unless it needs it (using ASM or RAC as noted before), which is nicer. Andrew Mannering Lead DBA Channel Four Television (Apologies if you've seen this already - I'm resending as it didn't seem to have made it to the list) ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 14 February 2007 19:26 To: strickland.mark@xxxxxxxxx; Amir.Hameed@xxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Swap Leak on Solaris 9 and a posting from last year by Grzegorz Goryszewski Yes, isn't ocssd installed and run automagically regardless of whether you use cluster services? Is it not desirable if you do not use it to stop it, and prevent it from running? Wondering. Joel Patterson Database Administrator joel.patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx x72546 904 727-2546 ##################################################################################### Note: Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thank You. Channel 4, 124 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2TX. VAT no. GB 626475817 #####################################################################################