How to fix the Oracle error ORA-09842: soacon: Archmon unable to create named pipe.?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-09842: soacon: Archmon unable to create named pipe. with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-09842: soacon: Archmon unable to create named pipe.

Reason for the Error ORA-09842: soacon: Archmon unable to create named pipe.

mknod() failed to create named pipe ?/dbs/mon2arch_@.

How to fix the Error ORA-09842: soacon: Archmon unable to create named pipe. ?

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

Your current OS login may lack write permission for the ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory. Only userids in the dba group of a given instance can run archmon for that ORACLE_SID. Make sure that the ORACLE_HOME directory is correct in oratab.