Thanks a bunch, fellas. This is so bizarre that I should have looked here but didn't. Notice the private/public settings as well. I'm sure we'll be addressing this. SQL> column instance format a20 SQL> / THREAD# STATUS ENABLED INSTANCE ---------- ------ -------- -------------------- 1 OPEN PUBLIC ormsperf1 2 OPEN PRIVATE ormsperf2 3 OPEN PRIVATE ormsperf3 4 OPEN PRIVATE ormsperf4 5 OPEN PRIVATE ormsperf5 6 OPEN PRIVATE ormsperf6 7 OPEN PRIVATE ormsperf7 8 CLOSED PUBLIC UNNAMED_INSTANCE_8 9 CLOSED PUBLIC UNNAMED_INSTANCE_9 10 CLOSED PUBLIC UNNAMED_INSTANCE_10 11 CLOSED PUBLIC UNNAMED_INSTANCE_11 THREAD# STATUS ENABLED INSTANCE ---------- ------ -------- -------------------- 12 CLOSED PUBLIC UNNAMED_INSTANCE_12 13 CLOSED PUBLIC UNNAMED_INSTANCE_13 13 rows selected. SQL> > Subject: RE: 11gR2 Rac install issue > Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 15:47:36 -0400 > From: mzito@xxxxxxxxxxx > To: development@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > One of our customers noted this the other day - we worked with Oracle, > turns out it's bug 9383000 - assuming you're hitting the same issue our > customer is. > > There's a patch for it, and it's fixed in 11.2.0.2. > > Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin Bach > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 3:44 PM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: 11gR2 Rac install issue > > Hi Martin, > > that's interesting. Normally you have a 1:1 mapping between threads and > instances. The mapping of thread to instance usually happens in the > initialisation file (spfile), where you find something like > > instance_n.thread=n i.e. > prod1.thread=1 > prod2.thread=2 > ... > prod7.thread=7 > > In a seven node cluster I wouldn't expect more than 7 public threads, > unless there were even more nodes in the cluster which haven't been > deconfigured properly. What's the output of this query? > > select thread#,status,enabled,instance from v$thread; > > Best regards, > > Martin > > On 08/09/2010 18:48, Martin Brown wrote: > > Hello, > > I am looking around in a new install and I've noticed that the install > > seems to have created too many threads and corresponding redo logs. We > > use a 7-node cluster and I see 13 public threads. Is this normal? Any > > ideas where to look to see what caused it if it isn't? > > > > TIA > > > -- > Martin Bach > OCM 10g > http://martincarstenbach.wordpress.com > http://www.linkedin.com/in/martincarstenbach > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > >