Cherrish Vaidiyan wrote:
Hans Forbrich <fo******@yahoo .net> wrote in message news:<3F******* ********@yahoo. net>...
You have an incorrect install. This may be due to an incomplete or
incorrect copy. Oracle does not ONLY place it's information in the
$ORACLE_HOME directory.
You do not seem to understand Oracle architecture. Doing so would ease
your tension significantly.
Please do not EXPECT anything from volunteers.
Please do not use UPPERCASE ONLY. That is generally interpreted as
shouting and is considered very rude. Continuing to do so will decrease
the chances that you will get the help you wish.
sir,
I am very guily and request pardon all Google users for my words and
specially for typing the queries in uppercase. I didnt knew that
typing in uppercase had such a meaning.Its all because i was not used
to posting FAQs.I never meant as if i was shouting, i typed in
uppercase so that it creates some change to readers from previous
replies. I apologise for my behaviour towards all volunteers and
google users.
I will copy the entire Oracle Directory . I think I have followed
Oracle Flexible Architecture in installation. Thaking you for
correcting my errors.. and suggestions... please dont ignore me...
Respectfully
Cherrish Vaidiyan
I understand what you were trying to accomplish with the uppercase
typing. For myself, and I hope for the rest of our community, apology
accepted.
Please note: it is generally not well understood that the
comp.database.o racle and comp.databases. oracle newsgroups are obsolete
(and have been for several years). The correct location for the
questions is comp.databases. oracle.server and I encourage you to post
new questions there. This is because some ISPs do not carry obsolete
groups and you are not getting the full benefit of the volunteer
community. (For example, I believe you are missing Sybrand's helpful
hints.)
Now back to your problem:
I strongly encourage you to do a reinstall of your software based on the
discussion papers either from
http://www.dizwell.com or
http://www.puschitz.com (both are excellent) . Reinstalling your
software does NOT mean destroying your database as these are separate.
(The software, when running, is your instance that manages the
database.)
The software is generally kept in the $ORACLE_HOME tree. There are
exceptions. It is these exceptions that I am concerned about. Things
like /usr/local/bin, /opt/oracle and possibly others. I am also
extremely concerned that your environment (such as variables) are not
set up correctly. And finally, I worry that you do not have the correct
version of gcc/glibc for recompile/relink. All these things are
discussed in the Dizwell and Puschitz papers.
Please note that there are MANY files in the $ORACLE_HOME directories,
such as (but not limited to) the $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/*.ora and
some in the $ORACLE_HOME/sysman/config/*.properties, that contain
references to the installed and/or discovered systems. These will be
set up correctly with a reinstall, but will be incorrect for a pure
copy. It MAY be possible to fix your problem by adjusting the entries
in $ORACLE_HOME/network/agent/config files, but I suspect there are
other files as well. (Quite frankly, it's not worth the time or effort
to look for them, as the reinstall will probably be faster and will be
more complete!)
However, the database(s) are generally kept in the $ORACLE_BASE/oradata
tree. These can usually be safely copied between systems that use the
same operating system and same file system. The exceptions to the
location may include the pfile, the log files and possibly the control
files however they may also be copied to a corresponding location on the
clone system. Since various files names and directories are kept in
the pfile (or spfile) and in the control files, you will need to make
sure the database files are initially copied into an identically named
tree structure. Once there and the database is verified operational,
things can be moved (using the alter database command together with
Linux mv command).
I am hoping you are using pfile and not spfile, or at least you are not
editing the spfile directly. Editing the spfile has a high probability
of making your database unusable. If you are using spfile, read the
manual about converting to pfile so you can make appropriate changes
such as directory names. (All manuals are at
http://docs.oracle.com and
the most important two are the Concepts Manual and Database
Administration Guide.)
HTH
/Hans
