ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist

Gnaniyar Zubair picture Gnaniyar Zubair · Jul 21, 2010 · Viewed 28.6k times · Source

i am facing this error when i start the oracle. I checked Oracle Home and SID. everything is set properly.

ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist

please help me to find out the solution. Thanks in advance

Answer

Adam Musch picture Adam Musch · Jul 21, 2010

That error generally means there's no Oracle instance (the processes) to connect to. Someone needs to log in and start the instance.