The whole reason for multiple control files is so this is not a problem.
You simply copy the "good" control file over the "bad" control file(s) and
start up again. They are copies of each other.
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You can mirror the controlfiles at the hw/os level instead if you want to
protect against this.
oli
>
> I've been told a single control file failure will halt
> the database, even if you've got another control file on
> a second device; that the database will only come up again
> after editing the init.ora to remove the reference to the
> faulty control file and initiating a fresh startup.
>
> Is this still true, if it ever was true for any version of Oracle, for
> Oracle 8.X+? The person who warned me about the halt has been using
> Oracle since version 5.
>
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> - Dana
>
>
>
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