Troubleshooting ORA-04036: PGA memory used by the instance exceeds PGA_AGGREGATE_LIMIT
最近有家银行客户一套核心凌晨跑批时报出了ORA-04036,与12c后增加的PGA_AGGREGATE_LIMIT有关,环境oracle RAC 12.1.0.2 on AIX, 临时增加了PGA_AGGREGATE_LIMIT参数大小解决,事后找我分析原因
ORA-04036: PGA memory used by the instance exceeds PGA_AGGREGATE_LIMIT
Know more about PGA_AGGREGATE_LIMIT 12c 19c
Prior to 12c,PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET was the Parameter used to control amount of memory allocated to User Processes(mainly work areas). However PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET is a soft target and not a hard limit. The actual PGA usage can be as high as three times of the value of PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET.This can lead to memory swapping & performance degradation.