Re: dbstart and init.ora files

From: Erwin Dondorp <erwin_at_dondorp.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 23:29:03 +0200
Message-ID: <39CE721F.C8914FF7@dondorp.com>

staryeti_at_bellsouth.net wrote:
> Maybe this is a dumb question, but how does the dbstart
> script know which initXXX.ora file to use?

DBSTART reads the file "oratab" (/etc/oratab or /var/opt/oracle/oratab depending on your UNIX flavour). This file lists all known Oracle instances with their ORACLE_SID and ORACLE_HOME values. For each instance in that file (that is marked as auto-start), it issues a "STARTUP" command in the Server Manager (svrmgrl).
The STARTUP command then uses the default init.ora script namely "$ORACLE_HOME/dbs/init$ORACLE_SID.ora"

DBSTART cannot handle alternative init-files.

Erwin Received on Sun Sep 24 2000 - 16:29:03 CDT