How to fix the Oracle error ORA-07482: snlmini: cannot create lock manager instance.?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-07482: snlmini: cannot create lock manager instance. with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-07482: snlmini: cannot create lock manager instance.

Reason for the Error ORA-07482: snlmini: cannot create lock manager instance.

lm_create failed to create lock manager instance.

How to fix the Error ORA-07482: snlmini: cannot create lock manager instance. ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Check permissions on ?/dbs, and remove ?/dbs/sgalm.dbf if it exists, then retry.