Re: startup errormessage on Linux

Hi Dirk,

You *must* set the ORACLE_SID, Oracle doesn't know which instance to start.

Cheers

Richard
"Dirk Linden" <dirk.linden_at_gmx.de> wrote in message news:amekeq$vu7$06$1_at_news.t-online.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a startup-problem.
>
> I use Oracle 8.1.7 (Release 3) on Linux.
> When I start svrmgrl, I connect as "internal" to start up the database.
> That works fine.
>
> Then "startup" leads to the error-message that "?/dbs/init@.ora" cannot be
> opend.
> So, I use the pfile parameter and tell oracle the path to the init-file:
> startup pfile=?/dbs/inittest.ora (the test-db is named "test")
>
> Now I get another error-message from oracle:
> ORA-07217: sltln: environment variable cannot be evaluated.
> ORA-07217: sltln: environment variable cannot be evaluated.
>
> (I get this message twice, so I suppose there are 2 unknown variables).
>
> But the installation manual tells me, only 2 variables are really
required:
> DISPLAY and PATH.
> I checked them, and they seem to work well.
> DISPLAY=10.0.0.198:0.0
> PATH= (includes ORACLE_HOME/bin, /usr/bin, /bin, and the local bin
> directory: /usr/local/bin)
> (In fact, I do not understand the local /bin-directory. Should this be a
> directory under the
> oracle-application-mountpoint? Or is this really a directory on the
> Linux-Mountpoint "/"?
> I dont know but I set it to /usr/local/home).
>
> Could it be that I must set something like
> ORACLE_SID, ORACLE_BASE, ORACLE_HOME or ORACLE_OWNER?
> Or could the PATH be wrong? (I think not)
>
> Could the rights for "internal" be inusufficient to startup? (I think not)
>
> Maybe I have forgotten a pre-installation task?
>
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Dirk
>
>
>
Received on Fri Sep 20 2002 - 03:12:10 CDT