Symptom
- You attempt to start an SAP instance however the instance does not start and the below entries are written in the dev_disp trace file from the dispatcher.
*** ERROR => Illegal ShmAdm Slot. Key=495215104. [shmux.c 645]
ShmGet( 495215104, 40, 0, 2, 0xfffffd7fffdfeca8 )
*** ERROR => ShmGet: Inv PoolKey=495215104, Key=40, Flag=2, Ptr=fffffd7fffdfeca8. [shmux.c 1952]
*** ERROR => ShmCleanup: ShmCreate(40,0,SHM_ATTACH,...) failed. rtc=2 [shmux.c 3087] - In the output of the command "sappfpar check pf=<path to the instance profile>" you can see memory pool 40 is exceeding its size limit.
***ERROR: Maximum shared memory segment size exceeded
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Shared memory pools exceeding size limit
Key: 40 Size: 102584000000 (97831.7 MB) Pool for database buffers
Swap space requirements estimated
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Shared memory....................: 100446.8 MB
..in pool 10 133.4 MB, 13% used
..in pool 40 1024.0 MB, 9553% used !! - In the details of the memory keys contained under the memory pool 40 you can see that one of the buffer areas is using a large space and this space can be larger than the memory pool 40 total size.
Shared memories inside of pool 40
Key: 42 Size: 21136992 ( 20.2 MB) DB TTAB buffer
Key: 43 Size: 76988824 ( 73.4 MB) DB FTAB buffer
Key: 44 Size: 21676440 ( 20.7 MB) DB IREC buffer
Key: 45 Size: 8362392 ( 8.0 MB) DB short nametab buffer
Key: 46 Size: 20480 ( 0.0 MB) DB sync table
Key: 47 Size: 102400001024 (97656.2 MB) DB CUA buffer
Key: 48 Size: 500000 ( 0.5 MB) Number range buffer
Key: 49 Size: 2968344 ( 2.8 MB) Spool admin (SpoolWP+DiaWP)
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Environment
SAP Netweaver release independent
Product
SAP NetWeaver all versions
Keywords
system_down, instance_unavailable, buffer_pool, memory, shared, production, 40, CUA, DB, sappfpar, startsap, SAP, dispatcher, extended, Maximum shared memory segment size exceeded, key , KBA , BC-CST-STS , Startup Service , BC-DB-DBI , DB Independent Database Interface , BC-ABA , ABAP Runtime Environment - ABAP Language Issues Only , Problem
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