How to fix the Oracle error ORA-07642: smprtset: $CMKRNL failure?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-07642: smprtset: $CMKRNL failure with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-07642: smprtset: $CMKRNL failure

Reason for the Error ORA-07642: smprtset: $CMKRNL failure

While attempting to set the protection of a region of memory, an error was returned from the $CMKRNL system service.

How to fix the Error ORA-07642: smprtset: $CMKRNL failure ?

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

Examine the system error message and refer to VMS documentation.