ORACLE INSTALLATION PROBLEMS ON HP_UX 11.0

[jayan]

While i am installing Oracle 8.0.5 on
HP UX 11.0, a Relinking error which says
Out of Memory is returned.. I have 3GB swapspace and 1GB RAM. Please respond!

[Alex Glennie]

I'd be looking at kernal parameters linked to memory ...semaphores etc and also make sure I have the latest recommended patches for Oracle.

What's sysdefs output ? Is this 32 or 64 bit O/S ?

[Bill Hassell]

If you haven't changed maxdsiz, then that is likely the error. This is a runaway program fence to keep mistakes from using all RAM and swap space. The default value is only 67 megs so it is quite low for many database programs. You can increase this to 900 megs for typical programs or 1700 megs for EXEC_MAGIC programs. See /usr/share/doc for a white paper on memory management.

[Gary Seibak]

Attached is a document for recomended default kernel values for Oracle 8 on 10.X / 11.X

[Navin Bhat]

After checking your maxdsiz you may also want to turn psuedo swap on (by default it should be on). If the system is not able to reserve enough swap then you would get a similar exec error.