Why it picks the same PFile for both the DBs

From: Naveen Nahata <naveen_nahata_at_mindtree.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 09:08:18 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004C596E.20020902090818@fatcity.com>

Hi All,
I know the problem is on NT machine, whereas most of the people in the list are working on UNIX based systems. Still any pointers will be appreciated. I have a system with 2 databases, both running on the same server. DB - 8.0.5.
OS - Windows NT
When i connect thru server manager to TEST, and then issue STARTUP, it starts up the PROD database using the initPROD.ora file. On querying V$instance it shows INSTANCE_NAME = TEST On querying V$database it shows NAME=PROD. So the TEST instance is mounting PROD DB using initPROD.ora
When i connect to PROD and STARTUP, it starts PROD using initPROD.ora On querying V$instance it shows INSTANCE_NAME = PROD On querying V$database it shows NAME=PROD. So the PROD instance is mounting the PROD DB using initPROD.ora

Why is it picking up only initPROD.ora? The following registry parameters are set...

ORA_TEST_PFILE - Pointing to initTEST.ora
ORA_PROD_PFILE - Pointing to initPROD.ora
ORA_TEST_PWFILE - Pointing to PWDTEST.ora
ORA_PROD_PWFILE - Pointing to PWDPROD.ora

ORACLE_SID - PROD
Though I can start the DBs easily using STARTUP pfile = 'respective_pfile', but that is not the thing. The thing is that I'm missing something, and also that I cannot start it directly through the services. What am i possibly missing??
Regards,
Naveen

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