Re: Problem creating instance from backup

Hi,

    Try relinking all the oracle products. I am not sure about the way to do it but U may find most of the make files in their respective directories under $ORACLE_HOME. Make sure U have a proper backup before trying to relink.. ;)

HTH,
vrkulkarni

<lbudney_at_pobox.com> wrote in message news:8vi21d$m0l$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> I'm still trying to resurrect a broken Oracle instance on my RedHat 7
> machine (since the installer isn't working). I've tried a few things
> already, which didn't work--you can refer to them at:
>
> http://www.deja.com/viewthread.xp?AN=696001039
>
> My latest attempt was to make a complete OS-level backup of an Oracle
> instance on another machine which does work. I got everything; the
> oratab file, the parameter file, data files, redo logs, password file
> and control files, and installed them on my machine. Then I set all my
> environment vars identically to those on the working instance.
>
> When I tried starting Oracle, I still got the same old "ORA-03113:
> end-of-file on communication channel" message. Augh!
>
> Whatever files I've messed up have DEFINITELY been replaced with files
> from the working instance. I've double-checked those files; they were
> from a cold backup; I've used db_verify and detected no problems. It's
> starting to look to me like something else is wrong. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Len.
>
> PS There *were* two differences between the two machines. On one the
> oracle installation is owned by "oracle"; on the other it's owned by
> "oracle8i". I did fix the ownership when I installed the backup.
>
> Also, ORACLE_HOME is different on the two machines. However, I added a
> symbolic link so that the paths on the working instance all point to the
> correct files.
>
>
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Received on Fri Nov 24 2000 - 09:57:06 CST