How to fix the Oracle error ORA-27121: unable to determine size of shared memory segment?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-27121: unable to determine size of shared memory segment with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-27121: unable to determine size of shared memory segment

Reason for the Error ORA-27121: unable to determine size of shared memory segment

shmctl() call failed

How to fix the Error ORA-27121: unable to determine size of shared memory segment ?

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

check permissions on segment, contact Oracle support