Article - CS63286
Method Server fails to start with SQL error ORA-00257 in Windchill PDMLink
Modified: 03-Oct-2025
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 9.1 to 13.0
Description
- Method Server stopped and Data loading failed due to the following error
java.sql.SQLException: ORA-00257: archiver error. Connect internal only, until freed.
- Server Manager fails to start with error :
java.sql.SQLException: ORA-00257: Archiver error. Connect AS SYSDBA only until resolved.
- ORA-12801 reported when taking a backup table containing millions of records
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