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instance_name


Oracle 11.1.0:

Parameter Name:instance_name
Description:instance name supported by the instance
Type:CHAR Obsoleted:FALSE
Can ALTER SESSION:FALSE Can ALTER SYSTEM:FALSE

Oracle 10.2.0:

Parameter Name:instance_name
Description:instance name supported by the instance
Type:CHAR Obsoleted:FALSE
Can ALTER SESSION:FALSE Can ALTER SYSTEM:FALSE

Oracle 10.1.0:

Parameter Name:instance_name
Description:instance name supported by the instance
Type:CHAR Obsoleted:FALSE
Can ALTER SESSION:FALSE Can ALTER SYSTEM:FALSE

Oracle 9.2.0:

Parameter Name:instance_name
Description:instance name supported by the instance
Type:CHAR Obsoleted:FALSE
Can ALTER SESSION:FALSE Can ALTER SYSTEM:FALSE

Oracle 8.1.7:

Parameter Name:instance_name
Description:instance name supported by the instance
Type:CHAR Obsoleted:FALSE
Can ALTER SESSION:FALSE Can ALTER SYSTEM:FALSE

Oracle 8.0.6:

No such parmeter in Oracle 8.0.6.

Oracle 7.3.4:

No such parmeter in Oracle 7.3.4.

Related Error Messages:

ORA-12521: TNS:listener does not currently know of instance requested in connect descriptor
    Cause: The listener received a request to establish a connection to adatabase or other service. The connect descriptor received by the listenerspecified in addition to the service name an instance name for an instance(usually a database instance) that either has not yet dynamically registeredwith the listener or has not been statically configured for the listener.This may be a temporary condition such as after the listener has started,but before the database instance has registered with the listener.

    Action: - Wait a moment and try to connect a second time. - Check which instances are currently known by the listener by executing: lsnrctl services - Check that the INSTANCE_NAME parameter in the connect descriptor specifies an instance name known by the listener. - Check for an event in the listener.log file.

ORA-16626: failed to enable specified object

    Cause: The broker failed to enable management of an object (most likely a standby database). You can expect to see this status when attempting to enable broker management of a standby database that: - cannot locate itself in the broker configuration file. - fails to distinguish itself from two or more databases in the configuration file. - determines it was not part of a change of primary database due to failover.

    Action: To correct the problem, try one of these actions: - confirm that the host and SID names for the database exactly match the values in the HOST_NAME and INSTANCE_NAME columns of V$INSTANCE. - confirm that you have not created two or more databases with the same connect identifier. That is, multiple databases in the broker configuration should not indicate the same physical database. - if you had performed a failover and have re-created your old primary database (or a standby database that had to be re-created), make sure the Data Guard broker configuration files have been removed for that database. Do NOT remove the configuration files that are in use by the new primary database.


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