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PowerProtect Data Manager | Oracle: Oracle temp tablespace quickly ran out of space ORA-01652

Summary: Oracle tablespace ran out of space which affects all PPDM jobs

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Symptoms

- Oracle Temp tablespace ran out of space due to an Oracle issue which all Oracle Oracle DBs

- We can check the free space available at the TEMP tablespace by running the following on the Oracle box:
SQL> select sum(free_blocks) from gv$sort_segment where tablespace_name = 'TEMP';

- As a result, All PPDM jobs get affected as:
  • Discovery Issue as we rely on this query: select count ( * ) from v$backup_piece_details;
ddbmcon: 09/30/21 11:29:43.040112 OCIStmtExecute(): failure 1964ddbmcon: 09/30/21 11:29:43.040166 Error - ORA-01652: unable to extend temp segment by 64 in tablespace TEMP
  • SQL queries that update backup progress. Backup shows Queued when it starts to run and then completes directly from 'Queued' to 'Complete'
  • Backup deletions

- Affected versions: PPDM 19.13 and below

Cause

Due to an issue from Oracle's side  as per Bug:
https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?_afrLoop=106906340084035&id=2119607.1&displayIndex=1&_afrWindowMode=0&_adf.ctrl-state=nc1l1i21f_4

Resolution

Limitation of Temp space issue is fixed in PPDM 19.14 release

Article Properties
Article Number: 000208151
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 31 May 2023
Version:  2
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