Oracle DBA, How To, Error, Cause and Action

ORA-02842: Client unable to fork a server

ORA-02842: Client unable to fork a server




Cause: The client could not spawn a server. A possible reason is that the operating system has reached its limit on the number of processes that it can spawn.




Action: Either reduce the number of servers that are to be used, or reconfigure the operating system so that it can handle more processes.