Re: Issue using SVRMGRL in Oracle 8i

the documentation on svrmglr is extensive.

Set oracle_sid=<sid name>
svrmgrl
connect internal/password
startup mount

If you wan to specify a database to start, point to a an init.ora file with the parameters you want. Relying on CA for ORacle tips isn't good, read the Oracle docs instead.

JKL "Joseph Ahmad" <jahmad2088_at_home.com> wrote in message news:rfM47.493766$eK2.102194054_at_news4.rdc1.on.home.com...
> 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.
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Received on Fri Jul 20 2001 - 19:37:17 CEST