Some basics, right?
Another thing that is not usual and everytime I do, someone be surprised: “shu” alias for “shutdown”:
SQL> create spfile='+DGDATA/MYDB/spfilemydb.ora' from pfile='/oracle/product/11.2/dbs/init_mydb.ora'; File created. SQL> shu immediate; Database closed. Database dismounted. ORACLE instance shut down.
The Bourleson Master also wrote about it. Take a look on a better detailed post about this subject: http://www.dba-oracle.com/concepts/pfile_spfile.htm.
Matheus.
I felt myself stupid when I lost a few minutes to undestand this error:
SQL> startup pfile=init_corpdb.ora ORA-29760: instance_number parameter not specified
Do you belive the solution was simply to set a number in ORACLE_SID?
Take a look:
dbsrvr>echo $ORACLE_SID corpdb dbsrvr>export ORACLE_SID=corpdb_1 dbsrvr>sqlplus / as sysdba SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Sun Jun 28 00:18:05 2015 Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Connected to an idle instance. SQL> startup pfile=init_corpdb.ora ORACLE instance started. Total System Global Area 4275781632 bytes Fixed Size 2220200 bytes Variable Size 889196376 bytes Database Buffers 3372220416 bytes Redo Buffers 12144640 bytes Database mounted. Database opened.
I hope neve miss time with this again… 😛
Matheus.
