Re: Oracle8 DB Init Files - Where ?

Our Senior DBA does exactly the same thing...why? What's the rationale?

Jonathan Gennick wrote:

> By default, Oracle will look in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs. Usually I
> place file system links in that directory that point to the
> real init files, which I store in
> $ORACLE_BASE/admin/SID/pfile. For example, when I create a
> new database, I create a link like this:
>
> ln -f $ORACLE_BASE/admin/SID/pfile $ORACLE_HOME/dbs
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jonathan
>
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> On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:19:37 -0400, Stan Novinsky
> <stan_novinsky_at_jhuapl.edu> wrote:
>
> >We are running Oracle 8.0.5.1 On Digital Unix.
> >
> >Can someone answer the following:
> >
> >When I connect as SVRMGR and issue
> >
> >SVRMGR> connect internal
> >Connected.
> >SVRMGR> startup
> >
> > where does startup look for the db init files ?
> >
> > is it
> >
> >/disk1/oracle/o805/dbs
> >
> >or
> >
> >/disk1/oracle/admin/sid sid = database sid name
> >
> > also, what is the admin directory used for ?
> >
> >thanks
> >
Received on Tue Jul 27 1999 - 20:00:59 CDT