I tried it and I got the following error: ORA-01078: FAILURE IN PROCESSING SYSTEM PARAMETERS
Thanks, -Scott >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== >try to startup the database in nomount and then do it. > > > >-----Original Message----- >Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 4:14 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > >I've never been able to get into the DB yet to open it. > >-Scott > > >At 03:48 PM 10/31/02 -0800, you wrote: >>Was your database in mount,nomount,open or IDLE state? >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 3:30 PM >>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L >> >> >>I'm really new to 9i and I vaguely heard about the spfile, so I looked in >>the Oracle9i New Features book (thanks RF!) to read up on the spfile. I >>noticed that it said that if an spfile was not created, it would default to >>look for the initSID.ora file. Well, I opened a SQLPLUS session and tried >>to use the syntax in the book to create an spfile anyway and I got the >>following message: >> >>------snip----------------------------------------------- >>SQL> CREATE >SPFILE='/u01/app/oracle/admin/REGENTDB/pfile/spfileREGENTDB.ora' >> FROM >>PFILE='/u01/app/oracle/admin/REGENTDB/pfile/initREGENTDB.ora'; >> >>CREATE SPFILE='/u01/app/oracle/admin/REGENTDB/pfile/spfileREGENTDB.ora' >>* >>ERROR at line 1: >>ORA-01078: FAILURE IN PROCESSING SYSTEM PARAMETERS >>ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status >>HP-UX Error: 14 Bad address >>Additional information: 1 >> >>SQL> >>------snip----------------------------------------------- >> >>I think my whole problem is that the DBCA is supposed to create one for you >>and it never got to that point. I got the ORA-01078 error before it was >>ever created. >> >>Thanks so much, >>-Scott >> >> >> >>At 07:03 AM 10/31/02 -0800, you wrote: >> >You should recreate your spfile. Oracle9i starts from an spfile, if it >> >exists >> >and some installations do put a ghost one in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs. >> > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: Scott Stefick [mailto:sstefick@;harper.cc.il.us] >> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 5:04 PM >> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L >> > > Subject: ORA-1078 During a 9iR2 Install >> > > >> > > >> > > Hi Gurus, >> > > >> > > Hardware: HP rp5470 >> > > OS: HP-UX 11i (11.11) >> > > Oracle Version: Enterprise Edition 9.2.0.1.0 >> > > >> > > I'm in the process of installing Oracle 9.2.0.1 and while the DBCA is >> > > trying to create and start the database, I'm getting an >> > > "ORA-1078: failure >> > > in processing system parameters" error. Then when I tried >> > > startup nomount >> > > I got that error again along with "LRM-00109: could not open >> > > parameter file >> > > '/u01/app/oracle/product/9201/dbs/initREGENTDB.ora' error message. I >> > > opened up a TAR with Oracle and so far they just made sure that my >> > > ORACLE_HOME, ORACLE_BASE, ORACLE_SID and PATH were set >> > > correctly. they >> > > said they would get back to me on this one. Has anyone here >> > > encountered >> > > anything like this during a 9iR2 install, or does anyone have any >> > > suggestions that I could try? >> > > >> > > Thanks in advance! >> > > -Scott >> > > >> > > ****************************************** >> > > Scott Stefick >> > > UNIX Systems Administrator >> > > Oracle Certified Professional DBA >> > > Wm. 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