Re: Cannot startup database due because oracle can't open the controlfile ...

From: Jason Salter <jason_at_seahorseNOSPAM.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 13:18:27 +0100
Message-ID: <2hoHOAOCNwlCowhOOdGiqX+XTY1U@4ax.com>

On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 11:57:47 +0100, "Dominic Cribbin" <dominic.cribbin_at_cognotecSTOPSPAM.com> wrote:

>I am trying to start a database on a SUN Solaris machine (UNIX os), I get
>the following messages from svrmgrl:
>
>....
>ORA-00210: cannot open the specified controlfile
>ORA-00202: controlfile: '/opt/oradata/BILLING/BILLINGcontrol01.ctl'
>ORA-27050: function called with invalid FIB/IOV structure
>Additional information: 1
>.....
>

The control file may be locked by some other process. Close the database and use ipcs -m to see if any duplicate shared memory segments exist for this instance.

You can delete them using ipcrm -m <shmid>.

>note: it will start an Oracle instance ... can anyone help me on this one
>... !!!
>
>
Received on Fri Oct 15 1999 - 07:18:27 CDT