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RE: which initSID?

From: <Ravinder_Bahadur_at_singaporeair.com.sg>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 22:29:33 -0700
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Well the best way. If you are using a UNIX box. go to the $ORACLE_HOME/bin and view the file dbstart. Here you will find the locaton of you initSID.ora file. This is only true if you use the dbstart for starting your database or you use the /etc/oratab file to startup the database at boot up.

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Ravinder

                                                                                       
       
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This will not give you solution. As backup of controlfile to trace will not give initSID.ora file path.

Actually as per my knowledge there is no table which gives path of initSID.ora file. What you can do is find all init parameter files in your system. Then check SID part of your filename. If you have any doubt then also count SGA of each initSID.ora and your database SGA.

This is not 100 percent correct and also seems to be some what tedious but you can try this for your database.

Regards,
Jaimin.

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Michael (TEM)
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 3:51 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Can't you do it indirectly with an 'alter database backup controlfile to trace' command? I seem to recall that there's a path to the initSID.ora file there. 'Course, it could be just the generic path...I never tried changing it to see...

HTH,
Mike

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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 2:51 PM
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Seema,
There is no way to find that out.
Unless, the init.ora uses ifile option and the file pointed to by ifile
contains all the parameters. In that case you can query v$parameter view to
see what ifile points to.
By default Oracle looks for it in the $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory.

HTH,

- Kirti Deshpande
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seema Singh [SMTP:oracledbam_at_hotmail.com] > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 2:09 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: which initSID? > > Hi gurus > How we know which initSID.ora file are in use in running instance if disk > is > not designed as OFA? > Where can I found referenced tables name menas which Data dictionary > table? > Thanks > -Seema > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Vergara, Michael (TEM) INET: mvergara_at_guidant.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: jaimin INET: jaimin_at_rolta.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). ______________________________________________________________________________________ Visit us at www.singaporeair.com. ______________________________________________________________________________________ -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: Ravinder_Bahadur_at_singaporeair.com.sg Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
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