kcrroda: calling ksfdrcres to create AL or RL

Excessive Number Of Arc Trace Files Generated In 11g [ID 754289.1]

Applies to:

Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition - Version: 11.1.0.6 and later   [Release: 11.1 and later ]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

ARC trace files are constantly being generated on the system causing problems with the filesystem and making it difficult to find relevant files in the same directory.

Trace files contain the following information:

*** 2008-09-20 23:00:18.085 3198 kcrr.c
kcrroda: calling ksfdrcres to create AL or RL
*** 2008-09-20 23:00:18.100 3218 kcrr.c
kcrroda: completed call to ksfdrcres
*** 2008-09-20 23:00:18.100 3198 kcrr.c
kcrroda: calling ksfdrcres to create AL or RL
*** 2008-09-20 23:00:18.108 3218 kcrr.c
kcrroda: completed call to ksfdrcres
*** 2008-09-20 23:24:26.011 3198 kcrr.c

Changes

Upgraded database to 11g.

Cause

As per Bug 6910132 some diagnostic code was left in by mistake causing these unnecessary trace files to be generated.

Solution

This bug is fixed in Oracle 11.2.

Alternatively, you can apply a one off for Bug 6910132 (if available for your platform)

OR
You can ignore the trace files and/or implement some means to remove them from your system.  For example:
1.  Use the ADR Command Interpreter (ADRCI) to set a lower retention policy to clean up this diagnostic data more often.
2.  Code a shell script and use cron to run and remove ARC files periodically.