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"The PGA memory used for the ORA-04036 instance has exceeded PGA_AGGREGATE_LIMIT" has occurred.

edited Jul 15, 2022 1:53PM in Database Install/Upgrade/Opatch (MOSC) 25 commentsAnswered

After upgrading Oracle version 12.1.0.2.0 to 19.3.0.0.0

"The PGA memory used for the ORA-04036 instance has exceeded PGA_AGGREGATE_LIMIT" has occurred.

If you execute "SELECT * FROM v $ process" regularly and follow up,

The value of PGA_USED_MEM for the bag ground process PNAME = Mnnn (thread of MMON) is continuously increasing.

The value of PGA_USED_MEM for the bag ground process PNAME = Wnnn (thread of WMON) is also continuously increasing.

(example)

PNAMEPGA_USED_MEM (June 6th) PGA_USED_MEM (July 1st)

M00 138,206,697⇒163,817,097

W00 13,635,681⇒49,269,033


If you restart the instance before the PGA memory exceeds PGA_AGGREGATE_LIMIT,

The value of PGA_USED_MEM will decrease once, but then continue to increase again.

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