Re: New Oracle server installation on Windows

From: Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.nospam.demon.nl>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 17:47:42 +0200
Message-ID: <h1f3nv0i5mv8j3fkialeqm7l08ofmps3eo@4ax.com>

On 24 Sep 2003 07:23:20 -0700, jackie_ol_at_hotmail.com (Jackie) wrote:

>Hi all!
>First of all I must say that I am new to Oracle server. Today I
>installed Oracle 8.1.6 on a Windows server 2003 machine. The installer
>hang when I run setup.exe from the cd, I copied all the contents to
>hard drive and run setup from that location, the installation went
>fine without errors.
>I was going to copy an existing database from another server so I
>didn't create a new database with DBCA. I restarted the system, but
>now I can't find a way to connect to server and copy the existing
>database.
>When I run srvmgrl I receive the famous ORA-12560 error. I can't
>understand, it is a new installation and I can't do anything with it.
>I need help...
>
>Thanks in advance.

You are installing a desupported version of Oracle on a platform for which it was never certified. Even for the most recent version, 9.2.0 Oracle released a separate Windows 2003 edition. End of story. Ditch the CD and download the most recent version.

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

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