How to fix the Oracle error ORA-07641: smscre: Unable to use the system pagefile for the SGA?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-07641: smscre: Unable to use the system pagefile for the SGA with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-07641: smscre: Unable to use the system pagefile for the SGA

Reason for the Error ORA-07641: smscre: Unable to use the system pagefile for the SGA

The system global area (SGA) backing file could not be allocated using the system pagefile because the system-wide limit on global pages has been exceeded.

How to fix the Error ORA-07641: smscre: Unable to use the system pagefile for the SGA ?

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

Either increase the VMS system parameter GBLPAGFIL or use a disk file as the SGA backing file.