Re: Auto Start DB problems on Solaris

Sybrand Bakker wrote:
>
> "Daniel_Bryant" <danielbryant_at_cobbk12.org> wrote in message
> news:85a5053.0205150725.6ca5d4d7_at_posting.google.com...
> > I have 3 DB's on a Sun Solaris machine - last one recently manually
> > created (not with "dbassist" - DB Creation Asst) - The 3rd DB will not
> > auto stop/start - but the other 2 stop/start fine. I added an entry
> > in the var/opt/oracle/oratab file for the 3rd DB - also there is a
> > link in the $ORACLE_HOME/dbs folder to the init.ora file for the 3rd
> > DB. The "rc" scripts seem to handle auto stopping/starting the other
> > 2 DB's, but not the 3rd...
> >
> > Any suggestions ?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Daniel
>
> Sure.
> You did made sure the oratab actually has the 3rd column as Y
> You did check the alert<SID>.log for this database?
> Also: the proper location of the init.ora is $ORACLE_HOME/dbs, it should be
> linked *from* the $ORACLE_SID/pfile directory, NOT the other way around.
>
> Hth
>
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> Sybrand Bakker
> Senior Oracle DBA
>
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$ORACLE_SID/pfile directory? On one of my servers that would translate to "SID1/pfile"
which would be absolutely useless in locating the initSID1.ora file. Received on Wed May 15 2002 - 22:15:09 CDT