While you are trying to open alert_SID.log file or some other large files with vi editor you may hit ex: 0602-101 Out of memory saving lines for undo error message,
# cd /u01/app/oracle/admin/DB_NAME/bdump # vi alert_SID.log ex: 0602-101 Out of memory saving lines for undo.
So you can use below syntax to can set EXINIT value,then you can retry to open your alert.log file.
export EXINIT=”set ll=80000000″
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Hints and tips when using vi on AIX