How to fix the Oracle error ORA-17619: max number of processes using I/O slaves in a instance reached?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-17619: max number of processes using I/O slaves in a instance reached with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-17619: max number of processes using I/O slaves in a instance reached

Reason for the Error ORA-17619: max number of processes using I/O slaves in a instance reached

An attempt was made to start large number of processes requiring I/O slaves.

How to fix the Error ORA-17619: max number of processes using I/O slaves in a instance reached ?

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

There can be a maximum of 35 processes that can have I/O slaves at any given time in a instance.