EVENT: 10500 "turn on traces for SMON"

Error: ORA 10500 Text: turn on traces for SMON ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cause: Action: Level: <=5 trace instance recovery > 5 trace posting of SMON To set event 10500: For the instance: a. Shutdown database b. Edit the initialisation parameter file and add: event="10500 trace name context forever, level <value>" c. restart the database For the SMON session: Post the SMON process using oradbx (Oracle 7) or oradebug (Oracle 8). For oradebug from server manager issue: oradebug setospid <OS PID> oradebug event 10500 trace name context forever, level <value> For further information about oradebug Note 29786.1 oradbx Note 28863.1 <value> is 'Level' as per above