October 12, 2018

DBID Problem @ ODA ... Bug (?)

long story told short: 


  • Oracle Database Appliance X6-2M and X7-2M, 
  • oak 12.1.2.11 up to 12.2.1.4

We were not able to create databases anymore on one of our 15 ODAs. Detailled analysis has shown that the dbid - result from an 'odacli describe-database -i <DB identifier>' - grows and grows and, when it reaches a size of more than 255 characters, any subsequent try to create a database will fail and leave the database in status 'creating'. No more databases can be created, neither can You delete the database which is left in status 'creating'.


This is what a correct DBID (result from a describe-database) looks like: 1653395885 - btw: this is exactly the real dbid found in the database (select dbid from v$database).

An - imho - 'corrupted' DBID looks like this: 2791133100113200112102253200112102127320011210212832001121021533200112102154320011210215632001121021573200112102159320011210217323200112102177232001121021793200112102181320011210218323200112102186320011210215800112102576011210251101121021196170968 - the last 'n' numbers represent the real dbid (select dbid from v$database).

Side effect, when the database creation has failed: 
odacli list-databases
DCS-10001:Internal error encountered: could not execute query.

Would be great if You could do this:

  • If You have more than five databases on an ODA, issue an 'odacli list-databases'
  • take the id from the last created database and issue an 'odacli describe-database -i <id>'
  • Post the result as a comment in this blog

Regarding oracle support:

The Service Request is now open since weeks. Started as a Sev 2, relatively early changed sev to 1. The SR is updated from oracle support very rarely, usually no answer at all when I update the SR. In the meantime I escalated the SR, asked for a recall from a manager - no result and no recall. Today asked for another recall from another manager - will see how long that will take. 

@OracleSupport: that is very poor ... leaving customers helpless and uninformed with such severe Problems. Very disappointing ...
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