Originally posted by gandolf989
Are you sure that you don't need to look in bdump?
Also did you check to see where bdump is pointing?

Code:
SQL> select name, value 
from v$parameter where name like '%dump%';

NAME                   VALUE
---------------------- --------------------------------
shadow_core_dump       partial
background_core_dump   partial
background_dump_dest   /u01/app/oracle/admin/t31a/bdump
user_dump_dest         /u01/app/oracle/admin/t31a/udump
max_dump_file_size     10240
core_dump_dest         /u01/app/oracle/admin/t31a/cdump
Aye sorry - it was a typo. I meant to say bdump as well, and yup! I've checked the parameters to show me where the dump dests are.

Thanks Gandolf.

This is a puzzling one.