如果oracle数据库hang了，对oracle进行system dump或hang analyze，是研究和解决问题的有效方法。如果能够连接数据库，并进行操作，则使用oradebug是最简单快捷的办法。
但有的时候，数据库由于hang住，，sqlplus不能连接时(在10g可以尝试用sqlplus -prelim连接数据库），可以使用操作系统上的调试工具来dump oracle系统状态。因为我的环境是linux，所以我先从gdb来介绍。
①首先获得要dump的进程号
ps -ef | grep local
oracle 9015 1 0 12:28 ? 00:00:00 oracleretest (description=(local=yes)(address=(protocol=beq)))
oracle 9110 8981 0 14:09 pts/4 00:00:00 grep local
②调用gdb进行dump
gdb $oracle_home/bin/oracle 9015
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this gdb was configured as “i386-redhat-linux-gnu”…(no debugging symbols found)…using host libthread_db library “/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1″.
attaching to program: /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/bin/oracle, process 9015
reading symbols from /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libskgxp10.so…(no debugging symbols found)…done.
loaded symbols for /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libskgxp10.so
reading symbols from /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libhasgen10.so…done.
loaded symbols for /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libhasgen10.so
reading symbols from /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libskgxn2.so…done.
loaded symbols for /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libskgxn2.so
reading symbols from /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libocr10.so…done.
loaded symbols for /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libocr10.so
reading symbols from /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libocrb10.so…done.
loaded symbols for /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libocrb10.so
reading symbols from /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libocrutl10.so…done.
loaded symbols for /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libocrutl10.so
reading symbols from /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libjox10.so…done.
loaded symbols for /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libjox10.so
reading symbols from /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libclsra10.so…done.
loaded symbols for /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libclsra10.so
reading symbols from /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libdbcfg10.so…done.
loaded symbols for /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libdbcfg10.so
reading symbols from /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libnnz10.so…done.
loaded symbols for /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib/libnnz10.so
reading symbols from /usr/lib/libaio.so.1…done.
loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libaio.so.1
reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2…done.
loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.2
reading symbols from /lib/tls/libm.so.6…done.
loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libm.so.6
reading symbols from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0…done.
[thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[new thread -1219938624 (lwp 3765)]
loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
reading symbols from /lib/libnsl.so.1…done.
loaded symbols for /lib/libnsl.so.1
reading symbols from /lib/tls/libc.so.6…done.
loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libc.so.6
reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2…done.
loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
reading symbols from /lib/libnss_files.so.2…done.
loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_files.so.2
0×006967a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
(gdb) print ksudss(10)
[switching to thread -1219938624 (lwp 9015)]
$1 = 213658428
(gdb) detach
detaching from program: /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/bin/oracle, process 9015
(gdb) quit