as a summary for this post: we started with killing M000 and this went well, but the next run of M000 repeated the hold of library cache mutex (so we were again in the same position) - then the only option was to restart and with still decreasing performance we did it, which helped of course Regards Remigiusz W dniu 28.03.2012 15:50, De DBA pisze: > Hi Remigiusz, > > Most likely nothing else than a restart of the process. It is a slave > process of mmon. As my test instance has no m000 at the moment, I just > killed mmon to prove the point.. :-) > > This is what happened: > > $ pgrep -lf mmon_TST2 > 14079 ora_mmon_TST2 > $ sudo kill -9 14079 > [sudo] password for lingent: > $ pgrep -lf > mmon_TST2 # MMON > on the TST2 instance is dead > $ tail /u00/oracle/diag/rdbms/tst2/TST2/trace/alert_TST2.log > Starting background process VKRM > Wed Mar 28 22:00:00 2012 > VKRM started with pid=21, OS id=20915 > Wed Mar 28 22:00:30 2012 > Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 59 (LGWR switch) > Current log# 2 seq# 59 mem# 0: /u00/oracle/oradata/TST2/redo02.log > Wed Mar 28 23:42:02 2012 > *Restarting dead background process MMON* # It's > dead has been noticed by the instance > Wed Mar 28 23:42:02 2012 > MMON started with pid=15, OS id=22229 # > mmon is restarted.8-) > $ pgrep -lf mmon_TST2 > 22229 ora_mmon_TST2 > > Since brutally killing mmon has as only effect that it is restarted, I > would conclude that any slaves of it can be safely killed as well... > (but maybe others have one that they can kill to test) > > Hth, > Tony > > > On 28/03/12 18:47, Remigiusz Sokolowski wrote: >> hi, >> >> anyone tried to kill M000 - what are possible implications? >> Will the instance die? >> It just took library cache mutex (X) and holds for very considerable >> amount of time. >> >> Regards >> Remigiusz > -- Pole nakazi ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Remigiusz Sokolowski <remigiusz.sokolowski@xxxxxxxxxx> pos : DBA at DIiUSI addr : Nordea Bank Polska SA, Luzycka 6A Street, 81-537 Gdynia, Poland phone : +48 58 667 17 43 mobile: +48 602 42 42 77 Nordea Bank Polska S.A. z siedzibą w Gdyni, ul. Kielecka 2, 81-303 Gdynia, wpisaną do Rejestru Przedsiębiorców Krajowego Rejestru Sądowego pod numerem: 0000021828, dla której dokumentację przechowuje Sąd Rejonowy Gdańsk - Północ w Gdańsku, VIII Wydział Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru Sądowego, o kapitale zakładowym i wpłaconym w wysokości: 277.493.500,00 złotych, NIP: 586-000-78-20, REGON: 190024711-- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l