Oracle DBA, How To, Error, Cause and Action

ORA-01614: instance string (thread string) is busy - cannot enable

ORA-01614: instance string (thread string) is busy - cannot enable




Cause: The mount enqueue for the thread could not be acquired when attempting to enable the thread. This probably means that another process has already started enabling this thread.




Action: Wait and try again, or find another thread to enable.