Re: upgrade 8.0.5 -> 8.1.7 SLES

Hi Uwe,

Are you sure you point to the right ORACLE_HOME (v8.0.5) when attempting to open the database ?

echo $ORACLE_HOME

If it's set to the newly installed v8.1.7, you need to $ORACLE_HOME=v8.0.5 home.

Cheers

Richard
"Uwe Schmidt" <uwe.schmidt_at_dzsh.de> wrote in message news:newscache$rkkn1h$h6b$1_at_www-neu.dzsh.de...
> hey ng,
>
> we are upgrading our DB system under SLES (SUSE Linux) from 8.0.5 to 8.1.7
> problem:
> after ORACLE universal installer an before Migrating the DB the situation
is
> as follows:
>
> the db is shutdow. for the migration the db has to open in noarchive mode.
> svrmgrl> startup
> --> no init.ora file, because of new path for the installation
> --> startup pfile='/oracle/.........'
> the db tries to start, but nothing happens. no message, nothing.
> if you kill the startup session and try again svrmgrl, you get the
message:
> ORA-.... end-of-file on communication channel
> if i reboot the system the error message is away, but the problem is the
> same. no reaktion, while triing to open the db.
> Did somebody make the same experience?????
> any solution????
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Uwe Schmidt
>
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Received on Fri Aug 30 2002 - 06:48:28 CDT