Try tracing the java process using truss and see what it's doing all this time. Either start dbca and use truss -p <pid> to trace just that process, or Use something along the lines of truss -f dbca Stefan 2008/1/28 Amihay Gonen <AmihayG@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > *From:* Alexander Bonev > *Sent:* ב 28 ינואר 2008 12:51 > *To:* Amihay Gonen > *Subject:* slow DBCA start on Sun solaris > > > > Hi Amihay, > > > > we have this stupid issue here on our Sun/QA machine (Sunos 5.10) -> *dbca > *takes a looong tume to startup. > > Sometimes up to 10 minutes! And the machine is almost idle at that time. > > any hint what could that be?? > > > > Alex B > > > > *Alexander Bonev* > *QA manager / PSO* > *ECTel LTD.* > > *E-mail: **alexanderb@xxxxxxxxx* <alexanderb@xxxxxxxxx> > *office: **+359 2 9704472** > skype_id: alexbonev > MSN_id: alexander_bonev@xxxxxxxxxxx* > > > -- ========================= Stefan P Knecht Senior Consultant Infrastructure Managed Services Trivadis AG Europa-Strasse 5 CH-8152 Glattbrugg Phone +41-44-808 70 20 Fax +41-808 70 12 Mobile +41-79-571 36 27 stefan.knecht@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.trivadis.com OCP 9i/10g SCSA SCNA =========================