Re: Multiple Instances

In article <3vo37u$fr3_at_alijku06.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at>, andreas_at_convex.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at (Andreas Hausleitner) wrote:

> Hi Oraclers!
>
> Does anyone know how it is possible to start more than one instance on
> a machine. Each instance has a database. If I want to start more instances
> all tried to use the same sgadefSID.dbf (Do I have to install Oracle multiple
> times?).
>
> Or is it possible to maintain several databases with one instance?
>
> We are using Oracle 7.0.16.6 on HP9000/735 with HP-UX 9.05.
>
> Thanks for your reply,
>
> Andreas Hausleitner
>
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You can start multiple instances with different SIDs on the same machine but you cannot have multiple instances with the same SID.

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Geoff Baker
MOS-13 CIM Software Engineering
Motorola