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ora-00205: error in identifying control files [message #61194] Mon, 05 April 2004 02:06 Go to next message
Bharath Kumar ,V
Messages: 18
Registered: February 2004
Junior Member
I've some problem to startup my oracle database 9iR2 in SuSE Linux 8.0

I had done the following :

oracle@Test01:~> sqlplus /nolog

SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Apr 5 20:23:20 2004

Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.

SQL> connect sys as sysdba
Enter password:
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL>

SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area 42741800 bytes
Fixed Size 450600 bytes
Variable Size 41943040 bytes
Database Buffers 204800 bytes
Redo Buffers 143360 bytes
ORA-00205: error in identifying controlfile, check alert log for more info

After that I've shutdown the oracle instance,

Then I try

SQL> startup nomount pfile=/opt/oracle/product/9ir2/dbs/init.ora
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area 42741800 bytes
Fixed Size 450600 bytes
Variable Size 41943040 bytes
Database Buffers 204800 bytes
Redo Buffers 143360 bytes

SQL>

How do I excute the CREATE CONTROLFILE command?
Re: ora-00205: error in identifying control files [message #61195 is a reply to message #61194] Mon, 05 April 2004 02:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
sanu
Messages: 6
Registered: April 2004
Junior Member
Check if Oracle_home and Oracle_sid is set properly
check if the controlfile exist as init<sid>.ora on $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory. If it does not have then you should get it from your daily backup.
Re: ora-00205: error in identifying control files [message #61197 is a reply to message #61194] Mon, 05 April 2004 02:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
sanu
Messages: 6
Registered: April 2004
Junior Member
sorry I did not read your mail fully. As said earlier if you have a daily copy then do restore that. Try to keep a multiple copy of controlfile in different directory.

If you do not have the controlfile script try the command 'ALTER DATABASE backup controlfile to trace'. A trace file will be created in a background destination. Modify as per your need (but be very careful with options like RESETLOGS/NORESETLOGS/ARCHIVELOGS/NOARCHIVELOGS/USE/RESUE mentioned in the create controlfile command) and then run the script on the sql prompt.

If you have a script to create a controlfile then run the script on sql prompt in nomount state.

Once the file should is created then do 'alter database open' to open the database it.
Re: ora-00205: error in identifying control files [message #61198 is a reply to message #61195] Mon, 05 April 2004 02:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Bharath Kumar ,V
Messages: 18
Registered: February 2004
Junior Member
Thank you very much,
Now its working properly.

My ORACLE_SID was set wrongly.

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And I've one more problem in different PC.
I've one IDE HDD (Not a RAID box),with Oracle 9iR2 (SuSE Linux 8.0).

and I've the following partitions

/
/boot
/usr
/opt
/var

I've installed Oracle in /opt partitions , this partitions has been fulled, so that I'm not able to start the Oracle server.

Could you please help me out regarding this issue.
Re: ora-00205: error in identifying control files [message #61203 is a reply to message #61198] Mon, 05 April 2004 05:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
sanu
Messages: 6
Registered: April 2004
Junior Member
Have you installed Linux on VMware or direct onto the IDE HDD?

Do you have extra space on the IDE HDD?
Re: ora-00205: error in identifying control files [message #61204 is a reply to message #61203] Mon, 05 April 2004 05:24 Go to previous message
sanu
Messages: 6
Registered: April 2004
Junior Member
If you have space, try to create/add a new partition and then move the file(s) to the new partition and then start the database.

I do not think altering the size of the partition will help.
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