Oradism not set up correctly error in the alert log in 9.2.0.4

Question

Hello,
I have installed 9.2.0.4 patch on top of 9.2.0.1 database.
The O/S is Solaris 5.9
The database is set to work with:
workarea_size_policy=AUTO.
The database is not working properly – compared to other machines we have.
After looking in the alert log I found the following error popping after restart:
WARNING: -------------------------------
WARNING: oradism not set up correctly.
Dynamic ISM can not be locked. Please
setup oradism, or unset sga_max_size.
[diagnostic 0, 16, 5001]
I found the following two notes on the subject, contradicting each other and also contradicting the status of the machine:
Note:151222.1
http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=151222.1
Telling me not to do the below procedure on 9.2.0.4, though I get the same error and miss the required etc entries specified.
Note:262886.1
http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=262886.1
Telling me to copy oradism.sav to oradism and I already have those.
Can you please supply a full and DETAILED procedure regarding what should I do, in case it is not a procedure, please specify how I should solve the ‘oradism not set up correctly’ error.
Tal Olier
[email protected]

Answer 1

Hi Tal,
Just looked at the notes you referred to. The first doesn't apply to 9.2.0.4. as you state. The other note is for 9.2.0.4e (note the "e", stands for embedded). This "e" release is not what you have, so that note doesn't apply either.
The AR that I referred to is for 10g, but the 9iR2 info is the same. You need to make sure that $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oradism is owned by root.