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ORA-09925: Unable to create audit trail file
What are the causes and the fix?
$ sqlplus '/as sysdba'
SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production on Mon Aug 21 12:03:53 2006
(c) Copyright 2000 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Connected to an idle instance.
12:03:53 SQL> startup nomount;
ORA-09925: Unable to create audit trail file
IBM AIX RISC System/6000 Error: 5: I/O error
Additional information: 9925
$ sqlplus '/as sysdba'
SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production on Mon Aug 21 12:03:53 2006
(c) Copyright 2000 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Connected to an idle instance.
12:03:53 SQL> startup nomount;
ORA-09925: Unable to create audit trail file
IBM AIX RISC System/6000 Error: 5: I/O error
Additional information: 9925
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Check the permisions on the AUDIT_DEST folder. it's nomally set to $ORACLE_HOME\rdbms\audit.
Also check if there is sufficient space.
Also check if there is sufficient space.
/u01/oracle/product/8.1.7. 3/rdbms>
# ls -al
total 136
drwxr-sr-x 13 oracle dba 512 Nov 20 2003 .
drwxr-sr-x 40 oracle dba 1024 Nov 20 2003 ..
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 10240 Sep 08 2005 admin
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 6144 Aug 21 13:48 audit
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 5120 Nov 20 2003 demo
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 512 Nov 20 2003 doc
drwxr-sr-x 5 oracle dba 512 Nov 20 2003 install
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 512 Nov 20 2003 jlib
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 2048 Nov 20 2003 lib
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 512 Apr 18 10:30 log
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 1024 Nov 20 2003 mesg
drwxrwsr-x 2 oracle dba 512 Nov 20 2003 notes
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 512 Nov 20 2003 public
df -g
/dev/u01backup 8.19 4.45 46% 38012 2% /u01
It looks ok though.... Anything else to look at?
# ls -al
total 136
drwxr-sr-x 13 oracle dba 512 Nov 20 2003 .
drwxr-sr-x 40 oracle dba 1024 Nov 20 2003 ..
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 10240 Sep 08 2005 admin
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 6144 Aug 21 13:48 audit
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 5120 Nov 20 2003 demo
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 512 Nov 20 2003 doc
drwxr-sr-x 5 oracle dba 512 Nov 20 2003 install
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 512 Nov 20 2003 jlib
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 2048 Nov 20 2003 lib
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 512 Apr 18 10:30 log
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 1024 Nov 20 2003 mesg
drwxrwsr-x 2 oracle dba 512 Nov 20 2003 notes
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 512 Nov 20 2003 public
df -g
/dev/u01backup 8.19 4.45 46% 38012 2% /u01
It looks ok though.... Anything else to look at?
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