RE: 9i : ORA-00020: maximum number of processes (%s) exceeded

  • From: "Ron Rogers" <RROGERS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:37:38 -0500

If the sql connextions are still connected and working type  "EXIT" in
each session and they will be released. Then you can shutdown immeniate
and fix your parameter.
Ron

>>> jacintakean@xxxxxxxxx 02/25/2004 8:02:22 PM >>>
Inorder for you to shutdown the database you still got
to use the kill command- to end both sqlplus session 
 

--- Guang Mei <gmei@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, I set up processes = 12 just to do my testing.
> The regular value is
> 150 (I think it is default). I don't want to open
> 140 or so sessions for my
> testing.
> 
> We occuasionally had some adhoc scripts running
> against 8i db that locked
> certain table and the other sessions would start to
> pile up after that. I
> had to bounce the db. I am wondering if thers is
> some other way to log into
> db in 9i without doing the session killing. I guess
> this might be one reason
> that we would stay in 8i for a while.
> 
> Guang
> 
> 
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> Subject: Re: 9i : ORA-00020: maximum number of
> processes (%s) exceeded
> 
> 
> 
> Why would you set  processes = 12? Are you trying to
> OFF you databse?  Was
> this some kind of a bad experiment?  What worked for
> 8i doesn't necessarily
> work for 9i.  Use the kill command and just kill the
> SQL*Plus sessions, log
> in as SYSDBA and shutdown the DB, and call it a day.
> Or use "kill" to  kill
> the database. Dealer's choice.
> 
> 
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> Subject:     9i :  ORA-00020:
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>                     02/25/2004 03:03 PM
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi:
> 
> In 8i, when I got the above error, I always could
> launch svrmgrl, connected
> as intenal and bounce the DB. Now in 9i without
> svrmgrl, how do we bounce
> the db if we have the above error?
> 
> I did the following test on a 9204 db on Solaris 9:
> 
> 1. I set up processes=12 in init.ora, and started
> the db, everything is OK.
> ps -ef|grep ora_  gave me:
> 
>   oracle  9209     1  0 13:59:20 ?        0:00
> ora_pmon_YPD
>   oracle  9217     1  0 13:59:21 ?        0:01
> ora_smon_YPD
>   oracle  9211     1  0 13:59:20 ?        0:00
> ora_dbw0_YPD
>   oracle 14801 14800  0 15:44:56 pts/3    0:00 ps
> -ef
>   oracle  9223     1  0 13:59:21 ?        0:01
> ora_qmn0_YPD
>   oracle 14800 14787  0 15:44:56 pts/3    0:00 grep
> oracle
>   oracle  9215     1  0 13:59:21 ?        0:02
> ora_ckpt_YPD
>   oracle  9219     1  0 13:59:21 ?        0:00
> ora_reco_YPD
>   oracle  9213     1  0 13:59:21 ?        0:02
> ora_lgwr_YPD
>   oracle  9221     1  0 13:59:21 ?        0:00
> ora_cjq0_YPD
> 
> 2. I opened two seperated sql sessions, connected as
> regular user. No
> problem. So I left them idle.
> 
> 3. When I tried the 3rd session, I got
> 
> essex$ sqlplus user/password
> 
> SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production on Wed Feb
> 25 15:46:31 2004
> 
> Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation.  All
> rights reserved.
> 
> ERROR:
> ORA-00020: maximum number of processes (%s) exceeded
> 
> 
> Enter user-name:
> ERROR:
> ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
> 
> 
> Enter user-name:
> ERROR:
> ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
> 
> 
> SP2-0157: unable to CONNECT to ORACLE after 3
> attempts, exiting SQL*Plus
> essex$ sqlplus '/ as sysdba'
> 
> SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production on Wed Feb
> 25 15:46:57 2004
> 
> Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation.  All
> rights reserved.
> 
> Connected.
> SQL> shutdown immediate
> ORA-24324: service handle not initialized
> ORA-24323: value not allowed
> ORA-00020: maximum number of processes (%s) exceeded
> 
> 
> I can not shut down the DB.  The other two sessions
> are still working as
> normal. I don't want to do "kill -9" to another
> sqlplus connection if I
> don't have to. Do I have another choice if I want to
> bounce the db?
> 
> TIA.
> 
> Guang
> 
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