Setting db_32k_cache_size breaks 11.1.0.7

  • From: "Stefan Knecht" <knecht.stefan@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:57:22 +0100

Hello all

I stumbled accross this today:

oracle@m:~/ [M] sq

SQL*Plus: Release 11.1.0.7.0 - Production on Sat Nov 22 14:55:03 2008

Copyright (c) 1982, 2008, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Connected.
idle> startup force;
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area 2142679040 bytes
Fixed Size                  1314580 bytes
Variable Size            1325400300 bytes
Database Buffers          805306368 bytes
Redo Buffers               10657792 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.
idle>
idle> Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release
11.1.0.7.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing
options
oracle@m:~/ [M] sqlplus system

SQL*Plus: Release 11.1.0.7.0 - Production on Sat Nov 22 14:55:25 2008

Copyright (c) 1982, 2008, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Enter password:

Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.7.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing
options

system@M> alter system set db_32k_cache_size=100m;
alter system set db_32k_cache_size=100m
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-02097: parameter cannot be modified because specified value is invalid
ORA-00382: 32768 not a valid block size, valid range [..]


system@M> Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release
11.1.0.7.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing
options
oracle@m:~/ [M] sqlplus system

SQL*Plus: Release 11.1.0.7.0 - Production on Sat Nov 22 14:55:41 2008

Copyright (c) 1982, 2008, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Enter password:
ERROR:
ORA-00382: %s not a valid block size, valid range [%s..%s]




Could be pretty devastating if this happens to someone in production. You
can't connect at all anymore, only thing that helps is a startup force...

Filing SR :)

Have a nice weekend

Stefan




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