Oracle 11g Error Codes and Solution Suggestions from ORA-00401 to ORA-00500
ORA-00401: the value for parameter string is not supported by this release
Cause: The value specified cannot be supported by this release of the software.
Action: Choose an appropriate value, or remove the parameter value to use the default value.
ORA-00402: database changes by release string cannot be used by release string
Cause: Changes have been made to the database that require a newer software release or that violate the compatibility parameters.
Action: Use a version of the software that can understand the changes or relax the compatibility requirements in the init file.
ORA-00403: string (string) is not the same as other instances (string)
Cause: Another instance has set the compatible or compatible no recovery parameters differently than this instance.
Action: Change the parameters of the current instance to match other instances already running.
ORA-00404: Convert file not found: ‘string’
Cause: The file used for converting the database from V7 to V8 could not be found.
Action: Verify that the migration process has been started on this database and that the convert filename is accessable.
ORA-00405: compatibility type “string”
Cause: Reporting a type associated with another error.
Action: See accompanying error
ORA-00406: COMPATIBLE parameter needs to be string or greater
Cause: The COMPATIBLE initialization parameter is not high enough to allow the operation. Allowing the command would make the database incompatible with the release specified by
the current COMPATIBLE parameter.
Action: Shutdown and startup with a higher compatibility setting.
ORA-00407: rolling upgrade from release string.string to string.string is not allowed
Cause: Another instance executing software at a different point release already has the database mounted.
Action: Shutdown all instances then startup with the new software.
ORA-00408: parameter string is set to TRUE
Cause: Reporting the parameter that resulted in the compatibility error.
Action: Shutdown and startup with a higher compatibility setting.
ORA-00409: COMPATIBLE needs to be string or higher to use AUTO SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT
Cause: This is due to migrating from an older release of Oracle with tablespaces created using AUTO SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT. To open the database, the COMPATIBLE parameter needs to be set to the specified value.
Action: Shutdown and startup with the specified compatibility setting.
ORA-00437: ORACLE feature is not licensed. Contact Oracle Corp. for assistance
Cause: ORACLE feature is not licensed.
Action: Contact ORACLE for assistance.
ORA-00438: string Option not installed
Cause: The specified option is not installed.
Action: Purchase and install the option.
ORA-00439: feature not enabled: string
Cause: The specified feature is not enabled.
Action: Do not attempt to use this feature.
ORA-00443: background process “string” did not start
Cause: The specified process did not start.
Action: Ensure that the executable image is in the correct place with the correct protections, and that there is enough memory.
ORA-00444: background process “string” failed while starting
Cause: Usually due to a bad (or non-existent) background process image.
Action: Get a good background process image.
ORA-00445: background process “string” did not start after string seconds
Cause: The specified process did not start after the specified time.
Action: Ensure that the background did not die and leave a trace file.
ORA-00446: background process started when not expected
Cause: The background process specified started up AFTER the RDBMS was already running.
Action: If nobody at your site started the process, then this is an internal error.
ORA-00447: fatal error in background process
Cause: One of the background processes died unexpectedly.
Action: Warm start the system.
ORA-00448: normal completion of background process
Cause: One of the background processes completed normally (i.e. exited). The background process thinks that somebody asked it to exit.
Action: Warm start the system.
ORA-00449: background process ‘string’ unexpectedly terminated with error string
Cause: A foreground process needing service from a background process has discovered the process died.
Action: Consult the error code, and the trace file for the process.
ORA-00450: background process ‘string’ did not start
Cause: The specified process did not start.
Action: Consult the error code, and the trace file for the process.
ORA-00451: foreground process died unexpectedly
Cause: The foreground process for the new connection did not start.
Action: Reconnect to Oracle.
ORA-00452: foreground process unexpectedly terminated with error string
Cause: The foreground process for the new connection did not start.
Action: Reconnect to Oracle.
ORA-00453: backgroud process ‘string’ is dead
Cause: The background process that was being messaged was dead or its incarnation was invalid.
Action: Restart the background process.
ORA-00469: CKPT process terminated with error
Cause: The checkpoint process died
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00470: LGWR process terminated with error
Cause: The log writer process died
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00471: DBWR process terminated with error
Cause: The database writer process died
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00472: PMON process terminated with error
Cause: The process cleanup process died
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00473: ARCH process terminated with error
Cause: The archive process died
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00474: SMON process terminated with error
Cause: The system cleanup process died
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00475: TRWR process terminated with error
Cause: The system tracing process died
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00476: RECO process terminated with error
Cause: The distributed transaction (two-phase commit) recovery process died.
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00477: SNP* process terminated with error
Cause: A materialized view refresh process died
Action: PMON will restart SNP process shortly. If SNP process does not get started, contact Oracle support.
ORA-00478: SMON process terminated due to error string
Cause: SMON was unable to service the requests due to error in cleanup of resources
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00479: RVWR process terminated with error string
Cause: The RVWR process died
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00480: LCK* process terminated with error
Cause: A system lock process died
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00481: LMON process terminated with error
Cause: The global enqueue service monitor process died
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00482: LMD* process terminated with error
Cause: A global enqueue service daemon process died
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00483: During shutdown a process abnormally terminated
Cause: One of the background processes did not exit normally at or near the time of shutdown.
Action: Use shutdown abort.
ORA-00484: LMS* process terminated with error
Cause: A global cache service process died
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00485: DIAG process terminated with error string
Cause: A global diagnostic process died
Action: Wait for process to restart
ORA-00486: ASMB process terminated with error
Cause: An ASM background process died.
Action: Warm start instance. Also check that ASM Instance is running.
ORA-00487: CTWR process terminated with error
Cause: The change tracking process died
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00488: RBAL process terminated with error
Cause: The ASM rebalance coordinator process died.
Action: Warm start instance.
ORA-00489: ARB* process terminated with error
Cause: An ASM rebalance worker process died.
Action: Wait for process to restart.
ORA-00490: PSP process terminated with error
Cause: The process spawner died
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00491: RMS0 process terminated with error
Cause: The RAC Management Process died
Action: None
ORA-00492: GTX* process terminated with error
Cause: A global transaction background process died.
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00493: GMON process terminated with error
Cause: The ASM disk group monitor process died
Action: Warm start instance
ORA-00494: enqueuestring held for too longstring by ‘string’
Cause: The specified process did not release the enqueue within the maximum allowed time.
Action: Reissue any commands that failed and contact Oracle Support Services with the incident information.