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ORA-1652: unable to extend temp segment by 128 in tablespace TEMP

ORA-1652: unable to extend temp segment by %s in tablespace TEMP


This error occur when user running the queries doesn't get the enough free space in the temporary tablespace to complete the task.

ora-1652

Usually SMON automatically clean up the unused temporary segments so increasing the temporary tablespace is not a good idea in production environment. If this issue is happening on the regular basis then you need to analyse the temporary tablespace and the sessions along with the queries holding the temp space.

It's better if you can analyse and tune the queries. Below are some of the troubleshooting steps using which you can find the root cause.



Query To Check TEMP Tablespace Usage:
SELECT A.tablespace_name tablespace, D.mb_total,
   SUM (A.used_blocks * D.block_size) / 1024 / 1024 mb_used,
   D.mb_total - SUM (A.used_blocks * D.block_size) / 1024 / 1024 mb_free
  FROM v$sort_segment A,
   (
  SELECT B.name, C.block_size, SUM (C.bytes) / 1024 / 1024 mb_total
   FROM v$tablespace B, v$tempfile C
    WHERE B.ts#= C.ts#
     GROUP BY B.name, C.block_size) D
   WHERE A.tablespace_name = D.name
   GROUP by A.tablespace_name, D.mb_total;

TABLESPACE                          MB_TOTAL      MB_USED      MB_FREE
------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ----------------------
TEMP                                  13107122       1293301         17411



The following query will display the information about each statement using space in a sort segment.
This will also including information about  the database sessions that issued the statement and the temporary tablespace and amount of sort space being used.

SELECT   S.sid || ',' || S.serial# sid_serial, S.username,T.blocks * TBS.block_size / 1024 / 1024 mb_used, T.tablespace,
T.sqladdr address, Q.hash_value, Q.sql_text
FROM     v$sort_usage T, v$session S, v$sqlarea Q, dba_tablespaces TBS
WHERE    T.session_addr = S.saddr
AND      T.sqladdr = Q.address
AND      T.tablespace = TBS.tablespace_name
ORDER BY S.sid;

Run the above query at regular intervals to know which statement is chewing up temp space.

To add datafiles to the temp tablespace:
select file_name,tablespace_name,bytes/1024/1024/1024, maxbytes/1024/1024/1204,autoextensible from dba_temp_files;

 ALTER TABLESPACE TEMP ADD TEMPFILE 'LOCATION' size 100m reuse autoextend on next 50m maxsize 20G


To avoid the ORA-1652 error, you can configure the temp tablespace usaage alert and monitor the sessions/queries causing the temp issues.
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Queries to Monitor Expdp Datapump Jobs Status

Being a DBA, you often asked to perform and monitor expdp/impdp - datapump jobs on regular basis. In this post you will get varieties of queries using which you can start, stop, resume, kill and see the status of data pump jobs.

When the export or import job is in progress, you can press +C keys to get to the respective datapump  prompt or you can attach to the running job and then issue the STATUS command:

monitor-datapump-status


To monitor executing jobs using dba_datapump_jobs view:
set linesize 200
set pagesize 200
col owner_name format a12
col job_name format a20
col operation format a12
col job_mode format a20
SELECT 
owner_name, 
job_name, 
operation, 
job_mode, 
state 
FROM 
dba_datapump_jobs
where 
state='EXECUTING';



To get the detail information like SID, Serial#, and % of completion:
SELECT 
OPNAME, 
SID, 
SERIAL#, 
CONTEXT, 
SOFAR, 
TOTALWORK,
    ROUND(SOFAR/TOTALWORK*100,2) "%_COMPLETE"
FROM 
V$SESSION_LONGOPS
WHERE 
OPNAME in
(
select 
d.job_name
from 
v$session s, 
v$process p, 
dba_datapump_sessions d
where 
p.addr=s.paddr 
and 
s.saddr=d.saddr
)
AND 
OPNAME NOT LIKE '%aggregate%'
AND 
TOTALWORK != 0
AND 
SOFAR <> TOTALWORK;



To check the waiting status and wait event of the job waiting for:
SELECT   w.sid, w.event, w.seconds_in_wait
   FROM   V$SESSION s, DBA_DATAPUMP_SESSIONS d, V$SESSION_WAIT w
    WHERE   s.saddr = d.saddr AND s.sid = w.sid;



To check event event and wait class for a particular SID:
SQL> select COMMAND,STATE,WAIT_CLASS,EVENT,SECONDS_IN_WAIT from v$session where sid=7248 and SERIAL#=56639;



To monitor and perform various operations from the expdp/impdp prompt:
[oracle@orahow ~]$ expdp attach=Job_name
expdp / as sysdba attach=job_name
export>status
export>stop_job
export>start_jop
export>kill_job



To check the orphaned datapump jobs. For orphaned jobs the state will be NOT RUNNING.
SET lines 140
COL owner_name FORMAT a10;
COL job_name FORMAT a20
COL state FORMAT a12 
COL operation LIKE owner_name
COL job_mode LIKE owner_name
SELECT owner_name, job_name, operation, job_mode,
state, attached_sessions
FROM dba_datapump_jobs;



To check the alert log and query the DBA_RESUMABLE view.
select name, sql_text, error_msg from dba_resumable;



To kill the datapump jobs:
alter system kill session 'SID,SERIAL#' immediate;


That's all...if you have any suggestions or any other queries to monitor datapump jobs status, please comment us. We will definitely go through it and will include in this article.
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How to Find Users having DBA Role in Oracle

The default DBA role is automatically created during Oracle Database installation. This role contains most database system privileges. Therefore, the DBA role should be granted only to actual database administrators. If you want to know which users have been granted the dba role then you need to query the dba_role_privs in the SYS schema.

USERS_HAVING_DBA_ROLES

The DBA role does not include the SYSDBA or SYSOPER system privileges. These are special administrative privileges that allow an administrator to perform basic database administration tasks, such as creating the database and instance startup and shutdown.

This role tells you the grantee, granted_role, whether they have admin option granted, and whether the role is their default role:


DBA_ROLE_PRIVS describes the roles granted to all users and roles in the database.

USER_ROLE_PRIVS describes the roles granted to the current user.



SQL> desc dba_role_privs
Name         Null?    Type
------------ -------- ------------
GRANTEE               VARCHAR2(30)
GRANTED_ROLE NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
ADMIN_OPTION          VARCHAR2(3)
DEFAULT_ROLE          VARCHAR2(3)



GRANTEE:               Name of the user or role receiving the grant
-----------------
GRANTED_ROLE:   Granted role name
--------------------------
ADMIN_OPTION:   Indicates whether the grant was with the ADMIN OPTION (YES) or not(NO)
-------------------------
DEFAULT_ROLE:   Indicates whether the role is designated as a DEFAULT ROLE for the user (YES) or not (NO)



Using below query you can find users having DBA privileges
SQL> select * from dba_role_privs where granted_role='DBA';
GRANTEE   GRANTED_ROLE ADM DEF
--------- ------------ --- ---
SYS       DBA          YES YES
SYSTEM    DBA          YES YES


There are many situations arises where you wanted to revoke the DBA roles granted to the user for the security reasons. The above query will help you to find the users having DBA privileges. 
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dbca UnsatisfiedLinkError exception loading native library java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError

Getting below error while installing oracle 11g/12c database using DBCA. 

UnsatisfiedLinkError exception loading native library: njni11
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /home/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1/lib/libnjni11.so: libclntsh.so.11.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: get
at oracle.net.common.NetGetEnv.get(Native Method)
at oracle.net.config.Config.getNetDir(Unknown Source)
at oracle.net.config.Config.initConfig(Unknown Source)
at oracle.net.config.Config.<init>(Unknown Source)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.NetworkUtils.<init>(NetworkUtils.java:269)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.step.StepContext.<init>(StepContext.java:317)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.backend.Host.<init>(Host.java:778)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.ui.UIHost.<init>(UIHost.java:257)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.ui.InteractiveHost.<init>(InteractiveHost.java:54)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.Dbca.getHost(Dbca.java:164)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.Dbca.execute(Dbca.java:112)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.Dbca.main(Dbca.java:184)


You will be able to install oracle binaries successfully but during during SID creation you will get the above error.


Reason:

The prerequisites have not been met.


Resolution:


  1. Check the proper oracle binary version. Oracle binaries should be downloaded for proper OS versions.
  2. sqlplus: error while loading shared libraries: libclntsh.so.11.1" : The prerequisites have not been met. Make sure the "gcc" package has been installed.


I will suggest you to download the suggested oracle rpm packages and start the installation again.



List of supported Oracle 11G RPM packages:

rpm -Uvh binutils-2*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh glibc-2*x86_64* nss-softokn-freebl-3*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh glibc-2*i686* nss-softokn-freebl-3*i686*
rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh glibc-common-2*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh glibc-devel-2*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh glibc-devel-2*i686*
rpm -Uvh glibc-headers-2*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh elfutils-libelf-0*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh elfutils-libelf-devel-0*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh gcc-4*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh gcc-c++-4*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh ksh-*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh libaio-0*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh libaio-devel-0*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh libaio-0*i686*
rpm -Uvh libaio-devel-0*i686*
rpm -Uvh libgcc-4*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh libgcc-4*i686*
rpm -Uvh libstdc++-4*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh libstdc++-4*i686*
rpm -Uvh libstdc++-devel-4*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh make-3.81*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh numactl-devel-2*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh sysstat-9*x86_64*
rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33*i686*
rpm -Uvh compat-libcap*


List of supported Oracle 12C RPM packages:

yum install binutils -y
yum install compat-libcap1 -y
yum install compat-libstdc++-33 -y
yum install compat-libstdc++-33.i686 -y
yum install gcc -y
yum install gcc-c++ -y
yum install glibc -y
yum install glibc.i686 -y
yum install glibc-devel -y
yum install glibc-devel.i686 -y
yum install ksh -y
yum install libgcc -y
yum install libgcc.i686 -y
yum install libstdc++ -y
yum install libstdc++.i686 -y
yum install libstdc++-devel -y
yum install libstdc++-devel.i686 -y
yum install libaio -y
yum install libaio.i686 -y
yum install libaio-devel -y
yum install libaio-devel.i686 -y
yum install libXext -y
yum install libXext.i686 -y
yum install libXtst -y
yum install libXtst.i686 -y
yum install libX11 -y
yum install libX11.i686 -y
yum install libXau -y
yum install libXau.i686 -y
yum install libxcb -y
yum install libxcb.i686 -y
yum install libXi -y
yum install libXi.i686 -y
yum install make -y
yum install sysstat -y
yum install unixODBC -y
yum install unixODBC-devel -y


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How to convert scn to a timestamp in Oracle

Oracle has inbuilt features using which you can convert scn to timestamp and timestamp to scn. SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP takes as an argument a number that evaluates to a system change number (SCN), and returns the approximate timestamp associated with that SCN. This function is useful any time you want to know the timestamp associated with an SCN. In order to do this, Oracle has provided two packages called SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_TO_SCN.

convert-scn-to-timestamp



  • SCN is very important particularly when you are doing RMAN Recovery. 
  • Archivelog gap resolution and Recovery of Physical standby server.
  •  It can be used in an data pump export parameter file using FLASHBACK_SCN to ensure a consistent copy of the database at that point-in-time. 


HOW TO CONVERT SCN TO TIMESTAMP AND TIMESTAMP INTO SCN



Check the current scn of the database using below query.
SQL>select current_scn from v$database;

current_scn
--------------
4426538972




To get the timestamp value from the current scn number.
SQL> select scn_to_timestamp(4426538972) as timestamp from dual;

timestamp
-------------------------------
23-SEP-18 03.22.42.000000000 PM




To get the scn number from the timestamp.
SQL> select timestamp_to_scn(to_timestamp('23/09/2018 15:22:44','DD/MM/YYYY HH24:MI:SS')) as scn from dual;

SCN
----------
4426538972

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How to stop Materialized view Auto Refresh in Oracle

A materialized view is a table segment or database object that contains the results of a query. A materialized view created with the automatic refresh can not be alter to stop refreshing. In order to disable that you must break the dbms_job that was created in order to refresh the view.

stop_mview_auto_refresh

Mview are local copies of data located remotely, or are used to create summary tables based on aggregations of a table's data. Materialized views, which store data based on remote tables are also, know as snapshots.


Steps to Disable Automatic Refresh of Materialized View.



STEP 1. Connect as mview owner and execute the below query.
select * from user_jobs where broken ='N';



STEP 2. In the WHAT column for the mview refresh job you will see:
dbms_refresh.refresh('"[OWNER]"."[MVIEW_NAME]"');



STEP 3. Take the JOB_ID form the job column and execute below procedure and mview will stop refreshing automatically:
begin
dbms_job.broken(JOB_ID,TRUE);
commit;
end;
/


Example:
begin
dbms_job.broken(25,TRUE);
commit;
end;
/



If you want the mview to start refreshing again just run the job.
begin
dbms_job.run(JOB_ID);
commit;
end;
/


Example:
begin
dbms_job.broken(25,FALSE);
commit;
end;
/


That's all about disabling the materialized view. If you want to stop materialized view from auto refresh just run the above procedure and check the status of the job
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How to Flush a Single SQL Statement from the Shared Pool

Sometimes it is required to flush the single sql plan from the shared pool and it a good idea rather than flushing all the sql plan from the memory. After baselining or fixing the bad plan, DBA's wanted to kick out the sql plan from the memory to confirm, if optimizer is picking the correct plan.

flush_sql_id_shared_pool

I have seen that many guys simply use to flush the shared pool using alter system flush shared_pool statement which is not a good idea. Rather if you are struggling for fixing the bad plan of any single query, it is advisable to flush the single sql_id out of the memory.


STEP 1: Find Address and  hash_value of particular sql_id.
SQL> select ADDRESS, HASH_VALUE from V$SQLAREA where SQL_ID='251fjyn5fj84q';

ADDRESS HASH_VALUE
---------------- ------------------------

00000005DGEC9DE0 257655674



STEP 2: Purge sql plan from the shared pool by passing the above values.
SQL> exec DBMS_SHARED_POOL.PURGE ('00000005DGEC9DE0, 257655674', 'C');

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.


Here, ‘C’ (for cursor)

STEP 3: Check if the plan still exist in the memory. If no rows selected then plan has been flushed out from the memory for that sql_id.

SQL> select ADDRESS, HASH_VALUE from V$SQLAREA where SQL_ID='251fjyn5fj84q';

no rows selected


In the above example, we have used the V$ view to find cursor information. If you are using RAC environment then change your query to use gv$sqlarea just in case the SQL statement you are looking for was executed on an instance other than the one you are currently logged into.


So this is all about flushing the sql statement from the shared pool. If you are facing such perforamce issues then you can use the above method to flush plan for the particular sql_id from the memory.


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Best ways to Describe Table in Vertica


There are various ways to describe table in vertica, among some of them are listed below.

describe table

List table definition using \d:
=>  \d table_name;
=> \d schema_name.table_name;

It will list all the below details:
Schema
Table
Column
Type
Size
Default
Not Null
Primary Key
Foreign Key

oraadmin=> \d P1_orahow.u_acct_trans;
List of Fields by Tables            

  Schema  |        Table |         Column         |     Type    
----------+----------------------+------------------------+---------

 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_id                 | numeric(19,0)
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| sfl_id                 | int          
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| sts_id                 | int          
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_record_number      | int          
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_record_address     | numeric(19,0)
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_record_length      | int          
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_record_type        | varchar(255)
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_duplicate_hashcode | int          
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_dup_fl             | char(1)      
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_filename           | varchar(255)
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_cust_id            | varchar(255)
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_acct_id            | varchar(255)
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_subs_id            | numeric(19,0)
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_re_name            | varchar(255)
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_item_type_name     | varchar(255)
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_item_type_code     | varchar(255)
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_event_time         | timestamp    
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_charge             | numeric(19,0)
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_price_plan_code    | varchar(255)
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_price_plan_name    | varchar(255)
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_event_inst_id      | varchar(255)
 P1_orahow | u_acct_trans| act_msisdn             | varchar(255)



List high level Table definition:
oraadmin=> \dt u_acct_trans_log;

                          List of tables

    Schema     |         Name         | Kind  |  Owner   | Comment
---------------+----------------------+-------+----------+---------
 P1_orahow      | u_acct_trans | table | oraadmin  |
 P1_orahow_test | u_acct_trans | table | ora_test |

(2 rows)



Describe from v_catalog.columns definition:
SELECT *
FROM   v_catalog.columns
WHERE  table_schema='P1_orahow'
       AND table_name='u_acct_trans'
ORDER  BY ordinal_position;



List table definition using table export:
oraadmin=> SELECT EXPORT_TABLES('', 'schema_name.table_name');
oraadmin=> SELECT EXPORT_TABLES('', 'P1_orahow.u_acct_trans');



List table definition by table export, which will give you the full create statement, including projections:
oraadmin=> SELECT export_objects('', 'schema_name.table_name');
oraadmin=> SELECT export_objects('', 'P1_orahow.u_acct_trans');



List all tables in Public Schema:
oraadmin-> \dt public.*;
                        List of tables

 Schema |           Name           | Kind  |  Owner  | Comment

--------+--------------------------+-------+---------+---------

 public | abc                      | table | oraadmin |
 public | cdr_offpeak_ts_temp      | table | oraadmin |
 public | cdr_percall_ts_temp      | table | oraadmin |
 public | gprs_ts_temp             | table | oraadmin |
 public | ipdr_ts_temp             | table | oraadmin |
 public | nik_cdr_offpeak_summary  | table | oraadmin |
 public | nik_cdr_per_call_summary | table | oraadmin |
 public | nik_gprs_cdr_summary     | table | oraadmin |
 public | nik_ipdr_summary         | table | oraadmin |
 public | nik_recharge_log_summary | table | oraadmin |
 public | recharge_log_ts_temp     | table | oraadmin |

(11 rows)


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Script to Monitor RMAN Backup Status and Timings

Being a DBA, you often asked to check the status of  RMAN backup job details. There are many ways to monitor the progress of the backup but you can use the below scripts to monitor the status of the RMAN job like full, incremental & archivelog backups.

You can use views like v$rman_backup_job_details and V$SESSION_LONGOPS to monitor the current executing RMAN jobs and the status of the previously completed backups.


RMAN STATUS

SQL> desc v$rman_backup_job_details
 Name                                 Null?        Type
 ----------------------------- -------- --------------------
 SESSION_KEY                              NUMBER
 SESSION_RECID                          NUMBER
 SESSION_STAMP                         NUMBER
 COMMAND_ID                             VARCHAR2(33)
 START_TIME                                DATE
 END_TIME                                    DATE
 INPUT_BYTES                             NUMBER
 OUTPUT_BYTES                         NUMBER
 STATUS_WEIGHT                       NUMBER
 OPTIMIZED_WEIGHT                  NUMBER
 OBJECT_TYPE_WEIGHT                    NUMBER
 OUTPUT_DEVICE_TYPE                     VARCHAR2(17)
 AUTOBACKUP_COUNT                       NUMBER
 BACKED_BY_OSB                          VARCHAR2(9)
 AUTOBACKUP_DONE                        VARCHAR2(9)
 STATUS                                 VARCHAR2(69)
 INPUT_TYPE                             VARCHAR2(39)
 OPTIMIZED                              VARCHAR2(9)
 ELAPSED_SECONDS                        NUMBER
 COMPRESSION_RATIO                      NUMBER
 INPUT_BYTES_PER_SEC                    NUMBER
 OUTPUT_BYTES_PER_SEC                   NUMBER
 INPUT_BYTES_DISPLAY                    VARCHAR2(4000)
 OUTPUT_BYTES_DISPLAY                   VARCHAR2(4000)
 INPUT_BYTES_PER_SEC_DISPLAY            VARCHAR2(4000)
 OUTPUT_BYTES_PER_SEC_DISPLAY           VARCHAR2(4000)
 TIME_TAKEN_DISPLAY                     VARCHAR2(4000)


This script will report status of current as well as completed backup details like full, incremental and archivelog backups:

col STATUS format a9
col hrs format 999.99
select
SESSION_KEY, INPUT_TYPE, STATUS,
to_char(START_TIME,'mm/dd/yy hh24:mi') start_time,
to_char(END_TIME,'mm/dd/yy hh24:mi')   end_time,
elapsed_seconds/3600                   hrs
from V$RMAN_BACKUP_JOB_DETAILS
order by session_key;


SESSION_KEY INPUT_TYPE    STATUS    START_TIME     END_TIME           HRS
----------- ------------- --------- -------------- -------------- -------
        585 ARCHIVELOG    COMPLETED 01/08/15 06:00 01/08/15 06:02     .03
        591 ARCHIVELOG    COMPLETED 01/08/15 12:00 01/08/15 12:01     .02
        596 ARCHIVELOG    COMPLETED 01/08/15 18:01 01/08/15 18:02     .03
        601 DB INCR       FAILED    01/08/15 20:00 01/09/15 01:47    5.79
        603 ARCHIVELOG    COMPLETED 01/09/15 06:00 01/09/15 06:07     .12
        608 ARCHIVELOG    COMPLETED 01/09/15 12:00 01/09/15 12:09     .16
        613 ARCHIVELOG    COMPLETED 01/09/15 15:07 01/09/15 15:25     .29




Below script will report you the percentage of completion along with sid and serial#.

SELECT SID, SERIAL#, CONTEXT, SOFAR, TOTALWORK,
ROUND (SOFAR/TOTALWORK*100, 2) "% COMPLETE"
FROM V$SESSION_LONGOPS
WHERE OPNAME LIKE 'RMAN%' AND OPNAME NOT LIKE '%aggregate%'
AND TOTALWORK! = 0 AND SOFAR <> TOTALWORK;


 SID       SERIAL#    CONTEXT    SOFAR      TOTALWORK  %COMPLETE
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
 22        31         1          8225460    18357770   45.21

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Best Way to move all objects from one Tablespace to another in Oracle

Being a DBA, there are many occasions where you need to move all database objects from one tablespace to another to make them reorganized. This is because too many tablespaces consume lot of space and are difficult to manage and cause extra overhead to oracle. So in this situations you need to move tables, indexes and other database objects to the newly created tablesapce.

Recently as a part of maintenance activity, we observed that users tablespace was consuming 363 GB disk space but when we checked from dba_segments, the actual size of the objects was 3GB only. We tried to resize the datafiles but during resizing datafiles we got the below error.

ERROR at line 1:
ORA-03297: file contains used data beyond requested RESIZE value


Oracle throw this error because datafiles has reached to the high watermark and some of the objects might be residing to the end of the hwm and you cannot shrink the datafiles below the High Water Mark (HWM).

For example, suppose you created one tablespace of size 120 GB and created two tables inside that tablespace of size 60 GB each. Now the overall size of the tablesapce is 120 GB and we can say that tablespace has reached to the high watermark because it doesn't contain the data beyound HWM(120GB).

What will happen if you dropped table1 and then trying to resize the datafile?

Inspite of 60 GB free space inside the tablespace, the database doesn't allow you to resize the datafile because tablespace has reached to its maxsize and still contains data(table2) which is sitting somewhere near to the HWM and it will throw error "file contains used data beyond requested RESIZE value". 


<===============60GB===============120GB>
                  table1                         table2


<=================|=================120GB>
                                                        table2


As we can see in users tablespace actual size of the data is 3.5GB only but it is occupying 363 GB of disk space. When we tried to resize the datafiles, it throws the ORA-03297 error because of HWM. To overcome this you must move all objects from users tablesapce to new tablesapce.



move objects to different tablesapce in oracle



 You can move all objects to different tablespace in many ways:  for example, using the alter table move command or the dbms_redefinition package. But the safest and the easy ways to do so is to use the remap_tablespace using expdp. If tablespace contains clustered objects then you cannot use alter table move command or any other scripts. So the only one option to do so is to use expdp.


Steps to Move objects into different tablespace using EXPDP:

STEP1: Create directory for export dumpfile:
SQL> create or replace directory test_dir as '/data/oracle';
Directory created.


STEP2: Grant read, write on the newly created directory.
SQL> grant read, write on directory test_dir to username;
Grant succeeded.


STES 3: Export all tablesapce objects using expdp.
nohup expdp \"/ as sysdba\" DIRECTORY=test_dir DUMPFILE=users.dmp LOGFILE=users.log TABLESPACES=USERS &


STEP 4: Import objects to the newly created tablespace using remap_tablespace.
Please note that, you must use table_exists_action=replace otherwise database willl throw error: object already exists and skipped because of default table_exists_action of skip.
nohup impdp \"/ as sysdba\" DIRECTORY=test_dir DUMPFILE=users.dmp table_exists_action=replace remap_tablespace=USERS:MTNGB1 LOGFILE=users.log &

Finally verify the objects in both the tablesapce and drop the tablespace which was consuming huge space.

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