Markus, Ignore the previous message about the select from V$PARAMETER, I miss read the message. On the OS level change to the dump location and see if there have been any symbolic links established that piont to the other location. Perhaps the sysadmin redirected the files because of space limitations. Ron >>> roon987@xxxxxxxxxxx 02/03/2004 9:52:58 AM >>> Somehow the formatting got a bit messy... SQL> show parameter user_dump NAME TYPE VALUE ------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------ user_dump_dest string /app/oracle/admin/fusepw03/udump Markus Reger <Reger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: normally there can be two reasons firstly giving a dump file destination=20 secondly - hardly dare say - a link? never experienced that before on a dozen of suns/oracles kr mr >>> roon987@xxxxxxxxxxx 02/03 2:48 >>> 9.2.0.4 on HP 11.11 I've got the following paramter set in the database =20 SQL> show parameter user_dump_NAME TYPE = VALUE------------------------------------ ----------- -----------------= -------------user_dump_dest string /app/oracle/a= dmin/fusepw03/udump But it's writing the trace files to ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/l= og Any ideas as to why this is the case. TIA BTW Am also using a spfile. = =20 --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! = Download Messenger Now ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/=20 FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html=20 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------