Re: Oracle DB Connection Problem

> 8.1.7 on Dell W2000 server.
>
> When I try to login via sqlplus I get this:
>
> ORA-01034 Oracle not available
> ORA-27101 shared memory realm doesn't exist
>
> Then I get:
>
> Login:
> Password:
>
> And this error:
> ORA-12560 TNS: protocol adapter error.
>
> Any ideas as to what the problem is?

Your Oracle instance is DOWN: you need to run "svrmgrl", then "connect internal", then "startup".
(you can also run ORADIM with some parameter ...)

ciao
carlo

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