"ORA-00059: maximum number of DB_FILES exceeded (DBD ERROR: OCIStmtExecute)" error when extending tablespace on Red Hat Satellite

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Issue

  • When trying to extend DATA_TBS it failed with the following error:
$ db-control extend DATA_TBS
Extending DATA_TBS... DBD::Oracle::db do failed: ORA-00059: maximum number of DB_FILES exceeded (DBD ERROR: OCIStmtExecute) [for Statement "ALTER TABLESPACE DATA_TBS ADD DATAFILE '/rhnsat/data/rhnsat/data_165.dbf' SIZE 512000 K REUSE"] at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Dobby/DB.pm line 146.

Environment

  • Red Hat Network Satellite with embedded Oracle database

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