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Jun 24, 2024

OCI-09842

soacon: Archmon unable to create named pipe.

Cause

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


Action

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.