### Scenario #
trying to startup database,
encountered with "ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel"
Investigated root cause from alert log file
# Instance failed with "ARCH: Error 19809"
inv
SQL> startup;
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 3206836224 bytes
Fixed Size 2232640 bytes
Variable Size 1996492480 bytes
Database Buffers 1191182336 bytes
Redo Buffers 16928768 bytes
Database mounted.
ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel
Process ID: 793
Session ID: 122 Serial number: 3
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Message from database Alert log file #
ARC2: Becoming the 'no SRL' ARCH
ARC1: Becoming the heartbeat ARCH
Errors in file /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/star/star/trace/star_arc1_827.trc:
ORA-19815: WARNING: db_recovery_file_dest_size of 21474836480 bytes is 100.00% used, and has 0 remaining bytes available.
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ARCH: Error 19809 Creating archive log file to '/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/star/archivelog/2017_01_27/o1_mf_1_83467_%u_.arc'
ARC1: Error 19809 Creating archive log file to '/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/star/archivelog/2017_01_27/o1_mf_1_83468_%u_.arc'
ARCH: Archival stopped, error occurred. Will continue retrying
ORACLE Instance star - Archival Error
ORA-16038: log 1 sequence# 83468 cannot be archived
ORA-19809: limit exceeded for recovery files
ORA-00312: online log 1 thread 1: '/u01/oradata/star/redo01.log'
Errors in file /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/star/star/trace/star_ora_793.trc:
ORA-16038: log 2 sequence# 83467 cannot be archived
ORA-19809: limit exceeded for recovery files
ORA-00312: online log 2 thread 1: '/u01/oradata/star/redo02.log'
USER (ospid: 793): terminating the instance due to error 16038
System state dump requested by (instance=1, osid=793), summary=[abnormal instance termination].
System State dumped to trace file /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/star/star/trace/star_diag_758.trc
Dumping diagnostic data in directory=[cdmp_20170127181404], requested by (instance=1, osid=793), summary=[abnormal instance termination].
Instance terminated by USER, pid = 793
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Resolution #
Edit pfile # and increase "db_recovery_file_dest_size"
startup database with pfile and
create spfile from pfile
work on purging archive logs using RMAN and freeup space in archive log directory
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#Oracle
Nikhil Tatineni
