Re: lost control file..

From: Rachel Carmichael <carmichr_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 06:17:31 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.00369948.20010814060020@fatcity.com>

recreate the control file from the trace one.

Oracle has to have at least ONE controlfile to open. If you have more than one, and deleted only one, you can edit the init.ora and change the controlfiles parameter to remove the one that is missing.

>From: "Saurabh Sharma" <ssharma1_at_fcsltd.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: lost control file..
>Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 04:50:27 -0800
>
>hi all,
>i was experimenting with my test db, and trying to recover the control
>file.
>i taken backup of control file as
>ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO TRACE;
>and also
>ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO 'NEW LOCATION';
>
>i then shutdown normal, removed the controlfile from its original location
>and tried STARTUP
>it gave me this error..
>ORA-00205: error in identifying controlfile, check alert log for more info.
>
>after i done shutdown normal and tried another restart
>but agin error is..
>ORA-01102: cannot mount database in EXCLUSIVE mode
>
>how can i recover my control file now. should i need be in mount stage, or
>should i recreate controlfile using backup from trace.
>
>pls throw some light on what are different options available now.
>
>Saurabh Sharma
>
>saurabh00pc_at_yahoo.com
>http://www.geocities.com/saurabh00pc/stride.html

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Received on Tue Aug 14 2001 - 08:17:31 CDT