RE: Working, middle of night

Linda,

The syntax you should use is:
ALTER DATABASE RENAME FILE 'oldfile' TO 'newfile'. Thus you do not need to know the tablespace names.

Cheers!

Renato

Linda Hagedorn <Linda_at_pets.com> on 06/06/2000 21:21:14

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Richard,

Is there a way to determine the tablespace name without the benefit of using
SVRMGRL or SQLPLUS? I cannot query dba_data_files with the database in it's
current state, that is, pointing to all files which are in the wrong location; Missing for all intensive purposes. Without the tablespace name, I cannot execute the ALTER TABLESPACE command.

Any suggestion is appreciated.

Thanks, Linda

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Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 3:25 AM
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Linda,

it's daylight here (Holland)...so there's always someone around to help.

I think you should try to rename the datafiles from within Oracle, not Unix:
ALTER TABLESPACE xxxx RENAME DATAFILE '/oradata/PETS/data1/system01.dbf'   TO ' /opt/oracle/app/oracle/oradata/PETS/data/system01.dbf';

First, startup the database in MOUNT mode.

Regards, Richard Klavers

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> Van: Linda Hagedorn[SMTP:Linda_at_pets.com]
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> Verzonden: dinsdag 6 juni 2000 10:49
> Aan: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Onderwerp: Working, middle of night
>
> Hope someone's around tonight...
>
> I have some datasets in the 'wrong' place, and the database is failing to
> open with this error: Database mounted.
> ORA-01157: cannot identify data file 1 - file not found
> ORA-01110: data file 1: '/oradata/PETS/data1/system01.dbf'
>
> I want to create soft links from the recorded name:
> /oradata/PETS/data1/system01.dbf, to the location where the dataset
> actually
> resides: /opt/oracle/app/oracle/oradata/PETS/data/system01.dbf
>
> I don't have root, and am reluctant to move the datasets around.
>
> Does someone know the syntax to create a Unix soft-link?
>
> Thanks very much. Linda
>
> PS. The source of the problem is no mystery. In an effort to make space
> in
> an emergency, files were moved (not by me) to different directories.
This
> has been done to a significant number of the files. While this is not
> production, it is QA/Dev, and I'm anxious to put the house back in order.
> This is a temporary situation, and meetings are underway to work out the
> space issues. In the mean time, I need to get this database back
on-line,
> and the Unix soft-link is, I think, the least painful way to get the
> system
> up. I'm looking at 18 hours processing, so if you know the soft-link
> syntax, I'd appreciate knowing it. Thanks.
>
>
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