Oracle 11g Error Codes and Solution Suggestions from ORA-08200 to ORA-08400

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Oracle 11g Error Codes and Solution Suggestions from ORA-08200 to ORA-08400

ORA-08205: ora_addr: $ORACLE_SID not set in environment
Cause: The environment variable ORACLE_SID is not set.
Action: Set the ORACLE_SID environment variable.
ORA-08206: ora_addr: cannot translate address file name
Cause: Cannot translate $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/sgadef$ORACLE_SID.dbf.
Action: Ensure that ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID are properly set.
ORA-08207: ora_addr: cannot open address file
Cause: The address file could not be opened.
Action: Check that ORACLE is up. Check that the file $(ORACLE_HOME)/dbs/sgadef$(ORACLE_SID).dbf exists and has correct permissions.
ORA-08208: ora_addr: cannot read from address file
Cause: The address file could not be read.
Action: Check that the file $(ORACLE_HOME)/dbs/sgadef$(ORACLE_SID).dbf exists and contains a single line of text.
ORA-08209: scngrs: SCN not yet initialized
Cause: The System Commit Number has not yet been initialized.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-08210: Requested I/O error
Cause: Oracle requested that an I/O error be returned for this operation.
Action: This should not occur in normal Oracle operation. Contact support.
ORA-08230: smscre: failed to allocate SGA
Cause: The n_core system call failed, maybe due to insufficient memory.
Action: Specify a smaller number of buffers. Check INIT.ORA parameters.
ORA-08231: smscre: unable to attach to SGA
Cause: The process cannot attach to the SGA. This can happen if either the listener can’t attach, or the process cannot communicate with the listener.
Action: Verify that the instance is up and running. Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-08232: smsdes: cannot detach from SGA
Cause: Probably, the listener process has died.
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-08233: smsdes: cannot unmap SGA
Cause: The n_core system call failed while detaching from the SGA.
Action: Note nCX error returned; contact your customer support representative.
ORA-08234: smsget: cannot get instance listener address
Cause: The instance listener address cannot be read from the sgadef file.
Action: Verify $(ORACLE_HOME) and $(ORACLE_SID) are set correctly. Additional information gives error return from ora_addr.
ORA-08235: smsget: listener not on this node
Cause: A process wishing to attach to the SGA is on a different node from its instance’s listener.
Action: Verify $(ORACLE_HOME) and $(ORACLE_SID) are set correctly. Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-08236: smsget: cannot share subcube with listener
Cause: The n_share call failed, probably because the listener has died.
Action: Check if the listener is running, and contact your customer support representative.
ORA-08237: smsget: SGA region not yet created
Cause: Attempting to attach to an SGA which has not yet been created.
Action: Verify that the instance is running. Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-08238: smsfre: cannot detach from SGA
Cause: The n_core system call failed while detaching from the SGA.
Action: Check nCX error, and contact your customer support representative.

ORA-08243: recursive audit operation attempted
Cause: A recursive operation requiring audit was attempted in the middle of an auditing operation. The most likely reason is space management operations needed to free up space in the audit tablespace.
Action: Check space in the tablespace for SYS.AUD$ and correct the problem.
ORA-08260: ora_addr: cannot open nameserver
Cause: A process could not connect to the nameserver.
Action: Make sure the nameserver is up and running. Additional information gives nameserver’s returned status.
ORA-08261: ora_addr: cannot find name in nameserver
Cause: The listener nameserver entry for an instance could not be found.
Action: Make sure the nameserver is up and running. Additional information gives nameserver’s returned status.
ORA-08263: ora_addr: cannot free listener address
Cause: The listener nameserver entry could not be freed
Action: Additional information gives nameserver’s returned status. Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-08264: ora_addr: cannot close nameserver
Cause: The connection to the nameserver could not be closed.
Action: Additional information gives nameserver’s returned status. Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-08265: create_ora_addr: cannot open nameserver
Cause: A process could not connect to the nameserver.
Action: Make sure the nameserver is up and running. Additional information gives nameserver’s returned status.
ORA-08266: create_ora_addr: cannot register name in nameserver
Cause: The listener’s addressing information could not be registered.
Action: Make sure the nameserver is up and running. Additional information gives nameserver’s returned status.
ORA-08267: destroy_ora_addr: cannot close nameserver
Cause: The connection to the nameserver could not be closed.
Action: Additional information gives nameserver’s returned status. Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-08268: create_ora_addr: cannot close nameserver
Cause: The connection to the nameserver could not be closed.
Action: Additional information gives nameserver’s returned status. Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-08269: destroy_ora_addr: cannot destroy name
Cause: The listener’s addressing information could not be removed.
Action: Additional information gives nameserver’s returned status. Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-08270: sksachk: Illegal archival control string
Cause: Archive files cannot be created with the given archival control string.
Action: Check that the volume exists
ORA-08271: sksabln: Buffer size not large enough for archive control string
Cause: The given archival control string expands into too many characters.
Action: Reduce archive control string length.
ORA-08274: Out of memory for environment variable
Cause: There is insufficient memory to return the requested value
Action: Reduce memory usage and retry.
ORA-08275: Environment variable unset
Cause: The requested environment variable is not set
Action: Ensure that the variable name requested is correct.
ORA-08276: No room in nameserver for pid
Cause: There is no room to record the pid for a background process
Action: Shutdown abort and restart the database.
ORA-08277: Cannot set environment variable
Cause: There is insufficient memory to expand the environment.
Action: Reduce memory usage and retry.
ORA-08278: Cannot get CPU statistics
Cause: Could not retrieve CPU times because n_stat failed.
Action: Contact customer support.
ORA-08308: sllfop: Cannot open file
Cause: Oracle could not open a file.
Action: Check the Unix errno returned as additional information.
ORA-08309: sllfop: Cannot fstat file
Cause: Oracle could not obtain information about an open file.
Action: Check the Unix errno returned as additional information.
ORA-08310: sllfop: Bad value for recsize
Cause: An illegal value for the record size was specified.
Action: Specify a value for the recsize option that is greater than 0.
ORA-08311: sllfop: bad value for maxrecsize
Cause: An illegal value for the maximum record size was specified.
Action: Specify a value for the maxrecsize option that is greater than 0.
ORA-08312: sllfop: unrecognized processing option
Cause: An unrecognized processing option was specified.
Action: Check the Oracle for nCUBE 2 User’s Guide for valid options.
ORA-08313: sllfop: could not allocate buffers
Cause: Memory for the load buffers could not be allocated.
Action: Reduce the maximum record size. Eliminate any unnecessary processes on your current node before running SQL*Loader again.
ORA-08314: sllfcf: Error closing file
Cause: An error occurred trying to close a file.
Action: Check the Unix errno returned as additional information.
ORA-08315: sllfrb: Error reading file
Cause: An error occurred trying to read from a file.
Action: Check the Unix errno returned as additional information.
ORA-08316: sllfsk: Error seeking in file.
Cause: The lseek system call returned an error.
Action: Check the Unix errno returned as additional information.
ORA-08317: sllfsk: Error seeking in file.
Cause: The lseek system call returned an error.
Action: Check the Unix errno returned as additional information.
ORA-08318: sllfsk: Error reading file
Cause: An error occurred trying to read from a file.
Action: Check the Unix errno returned as additional information.
ORA-08319: sllfsk: Error reading file
Cause: An error occurred trying to read from a file.
Action: Check the Unix errno returned as additional information.
ORA-08320: scnget: Call to scnget before scnset or scnfnd.
Cause: An internal error
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-08321: scnmin: NOT IMPLEMENTED YET
Cause: An internal error
Action: Contact your customer support representative.
ORA-08322: scnmin: open/convert of bias lock failed
Cause: A call to the lkmgr failed to open and convert the bias lock
Action: Check to make sure the lkmgr is up.
ORA-08323: scnmin: close of bias lock failed
Cause: A call to the lkmgr failed to close the bias lock
Action: Check to make sure the lkmgr is up.
ORA-08330: Printing not supported
Cause: An attempt was made to automatically spool a file to the printer
Action: None
ORA-08331: Wait operation timed out
Cause: Oracle timed out waiting for an event
Action: Contact your Oracle support representative
ORA-08332: rollback segment #string specified not available
Cause: (same as 1545)
Action: (same as 1545). Also, make sure you have created enough rollback segments for the number of instances you are trying to start.
ORA-08340: This command not allowed on nCUBE, only one thread is ever used.
Cause: An illegal command was executed for the nCUBE platform.
Action: There is no need to issue this command.
ORA-08341: On nCUBE, this command can only be executed from instance 1.
Cause: A command that can only be issued on instance 1 was issued elsewhere.
Action: Log on to instance 1 and repeat the command.
ORA-08342: sropen: failed to open a redo server connection
Cause: An error occurred trying to connect to the redo server.
Action: The OS specific error message should tell you what to do.
ORA-08343: srclose: failed to close a redo server connection
Cause: An error occurred trying to close the redo server connection.
Action: The OS specific error message should tell you what to do.
ORA-08344: srapp: failed to send redo data to the redo server
Cause: An error occurred trying to send redo to the redo server.
Action: The OS specific error message should tell you what to do.

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