select (sga+pga)/1024/1024 as "Total mem used by ORA" from (select sum(value) sg
a from v$sga),(select sum(PGA_ALLOC_MEM) pga from v$process); DB status- select status from v$instance; Checking paramter value- SQL> show parameter shared_pool_size NAME TYPE VALUE ------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------ shared_pool_size big integer 4448M Getting parameter from v$parameter- select name, value from v$parameter where name in ('parameter_name1', 'parameter _name2'); Changing dynamic(online) parameter - alter system set <paramter_name> = <value> scope = both; No DB restart reqd. Changing static parameter - alter system set <paramter_name> = <value> scope = spfile; DB restart reqd. SCQ- alter system set sga_max_size = 8589934592 scope = spfile; alter system set shared_pool_reserved_size = 233203302 scope = spfile; alter system set shared_pool_size = 2147483648 scope = spfile; alter system set db_cache_size = 4127195136 scope = spfile; alter system set java_pool_size = 67108864 scope = spfile; alter system set log_buffer = 24895488 scope = spfile; alter system set result_cache_max_size = 46661632 scope = spfile;