Re: Instance parameter file location

Ludo Joris wrote:
>
> When an instance starts up,
> it reads it's parameter file initSID.ora.
> But I've got one in $ORACLE_BASE/admin/$ORACLE_SID/pfile
> and one in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs.
> Where an instance looks for it's parameter file should be in
> the operating system specific Oracle manual.
> I can't find it.
>
> I'm using Oracle7 7.3.2.2 on HP-UX 10.20.
>
> --
> Ludo Joris
> RUCA - University of Antwerp, Belgium
> lujo_at_ruca.ua.ac.be

Hi,

Oracle looks in the $ORACLE_BASE/admin/$ORACLE_SID/pfile directory. In the $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory resides the default configuration init file.

Information on that I can read in the Oracle 7 Server for UNIX Administrator's Reference Guide Chapter 1. But this is an older release (7.1).

Hope this helps

-- 
Detlev Goebel

mailto:detlev.goebel_at_gzs.de
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