Re: Issues when using SVRMGRL

First, check to be sure that the CONTROL_FILES parameter in your initialization parameter file lists the correct control file names. Then check your database alert log to see if it indicates a specific file as being the problem. Here's a quote from the Oracle messages manual for your error message:

"When using mirrored control files, that is, more than one control file is referenced in the initialization parameter file, remove the control file name listed in the message from the initialization parameter file and restart the instance. If the message does not recur, remove the problem control file from the initialization parameter file and create another copy of the control file with a new file name in the initialization parameter file. "

It could be that the shutdown abort caused one of your control files to be corrupted. That's unusual (it's never happened to be, knock on wood), but that's what I suspect at this point. ARCServer probably should have been more conservative, and had you do a normal shutdown instead.

Jonathan Gennick
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BTW, your alert log file should be named xxx_alert.log. I forget exactly where it sits on an NT box, but on my Linux server, it is .../OraHome1/admin/prod/bdump/prod_alert.log.

On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 21:07:46 GMT, "Joseph Ahmad" <jahmad2088_at_home.com> wrote:

>Good Afternoon,
>
>I'm a not yet comfortable with administering Oracle 8i, so please forgive
>the simplicity of my posting. We are currently running Oracle 8i Release
>8.1.7.0.0 on Windows NT 4.0 (service pack 5), and I'm attempting to
>configure the ARCServe "Oracle Agent" in order to perform complete, system
>wide recovery. As some of you may realize, ARCHIVELOG mode must be enabled
>in order for this backup mechanism to run correctly. As a result, I opened a
>SVRMGR command window, and verified that ARCHIVELOG mode was *not* enabled
>by entering the command "Archive log list". According to the instructions
>provided by Computer Associates (vendor of ARCServe 2000), a series of
>commands must be entered in order to enable ARCHIVELOG mode. The ARCServe
>documentation recommended the following:
>
>(a) At the svrmgr prompt, type the following : "shutdown abort" (in order to
>shutdown the Oracle instance)
>(b) The user must now reconnect to Oracle using the internal account; once
>reconnected, type the following series of commands:
> "startup mount database"
> "alter database archivelog"
> "alter database open"
> " archive log start"
>
>Nevertheless, after having issued the "shutdown abort" command, I'm unable
>to startup the database. For example, when I type "startup mount <name of
>database>", I'm presented with an error message that states - ORA-00205
>error in identifying control file name. I checked some online resources, but
>could not find any helpful suggestions as to why this error was being
>generated. Any insight on this matter would be greatly appreciated, at
>present, I'm unable to start the database.
>
>
>
  Received on Mon Jul 16 2001 - 21:26:22 CDT