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Connect to idle instance [message #506784]

Wed, 11 May 2011 05:38

madhusudankowlgi
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Hi DBA's,

Getting the below message even after doing the

oracle@ttlwaurd001:~$ ps -ef | grep pmon
oracle 7779 1 0 Feb08 ? 00:00:07 ora_pmon_WGRGOLD1
oracle 10155 1 0 Feb20 ? 00:30:48 ora_pmon_DPTLS01
oracle 12354 1 0 Feb20 ? 00:00:53 ora_pmon_DOEMS01
oracle 17902 1 0 Feb20 ? 00:00:13 ora_pmon_DREPS01
oracle 23745 23360 0 19:51 pts/4 00:00:00 grep pmon
oracle@ttlwaurd001:~$
oracle@ttlwaurd001:~$ sqlplus '/as sysdba'

SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Wed May 11 19:49:54 2011

Copyright 1982, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Connected to an idle instance.

oracle@ttlwaurd001:~$ echo $ORACLE_SID
DPTLS01

HELP REQUIRED

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Re: Connect to idle instance [message #506785 is a reply to message #506784]

Wed, 11 May 2011 05:47

Roachcoach
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There's no error there....So what is the question?

Does the below help?

SYS@ORA11GMK AS SYSDBA> shutdown immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SYS@ORA11GMK AS SYSDBA> exit
Disconnected from Personal Oracle Database 11g Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options

C:\Documents and Settings\mkr02\Desktop>sqlplus sys/****** as sysdba

SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Wed May 11 11:47:40 2011

Copyright (c) 1982, 2010, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Connected to an idle instance.

[Updated on: Wed, 11 May 2011 05:49]

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Re: Connect to idle instance [message #506786 is a reply to message #506785]

Wed, 11 May 2011 05:50

madhusudankowlgi
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after giving the ps -ef| grep pmon we can see the number of process running.

i had did the export ORACLE_SID=DPTLS01

and then tried to connect

sqlplus /as sysdba

i get the message

"Connected to an idle instance."

even to my ORACLE_SID is pointing to a db.

help me if I am missing something here.

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Re: Connect to idle instance [message #506787 is a reply to message #506786]

Wed, 11 May 2011 05:52

cookiemonster
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Have you got multiple oracle homes?

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Re: Connect to idle instance [message #506788 is a reply to message #506786]

Wed, 11 May 2011 05:52

Roachcoach
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You are connected, there is no error. The database just needs starting. Currently its unmounted and closed.

That's not an error though...

Edit: I'm assuming the "IDLE INSTANCE" is the focus of the question

[Updated on: Wed, 11 May 2011 05:53]

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Re: Connect to idle instance [message #506790 is a reply to message #506788]

Wed, 11 May 2011 05:55

madhusudankowlgi
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the can see the database is running when I use the ps -ef | grep pmon.

is there any other way.

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Re: Connect to idle instance [message #506791 is a reply to message #506790]

Wed, 11 May 2011 05:56

Roachcoach
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The instance is running, the database is closed and unmounted.

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Re: Connect to idle instance [message #506794 is a reply to message #506791]

Wed, 11 May 2011 05:58

madhusudankowlgi
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the database is opened, as other users are able to access, but why not me?

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Re: Connect to idle instance [message #506795 is a reply to message #506788]

Wed, 11 May 2011 05:58

cookiemonster
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If the DB was closed pmon wouldn't be running would it?

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Re: Connect to idle instance [message #506796 is a reply to message #506795]

Wed, 11 May 2011 05:59

madhusudankowlgi
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now you got it cookiemonster....

so help me out how to I get to resolve this.

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Re: Connect to idle instance [message #506798 is a reply to message #506787]

Wed, 11 May 2011 06:00

cookiemonster
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cookiemonster wrote on Wed, 11 May 2011 11:52

Have you got multiple oracle homes?

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Re: Connect to idle instance [message #506799 is a reply to message #506798]

Wed, 11 May 2011 06:00

madhusudankowlgi
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yes...

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Re: Connect to idle instance [message #506800 is a reply to message #506799]

Wed, 11 May 2011 06:02

madhusudankowlgi
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the db's I am working are dev db's...and are same as prod env.

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Re: Connect to idle instance [message #506803 is a reply to message #506800]

Wed, 11 May 2011 06:06

cookiemonster
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You've probably got the wrong oracle home set.

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Re: Connect to idle instance [message #506816 is a reply to message #506800]

Wed, 11 May 2011 06:34

Mahesh Rajendran
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Quoting cookiemonster

You've probably got the wrong oracle home set.

Most probably.
The simplest way to use pwdx with PID to find the oracle home used.
Something like this.



oracle@lars#ps -ef | grep smon
  oracle   242     1   0   Dec 04 ?           8:52 asm_smon_+ASM
  oracle  7776     1   0   Dec 30 ?          22:20 ora_smon_larstest
  oracle  3619     1   0   Jan 12 ?          20:27 ora_smon_dwtest
  oracle  7138     1   0   Dec 29 ?          20:36 ora_smon_dev
  oracle  7310     1   0   Dec 29 ?          25:20 ora_smon_apex
  oracle  6850     1   0   Dec 29 ?          16:46 ora_smon_upg11
  oracle 13677 13612   0 07:27:24 pts/1       0:00 grep smon
  oracle  7232     1   0   Dec 29 ?          20:04 ora_smon_install

oracle@lars#pwdx  7776 
7776:   /u01/base/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs

#or use this one liner that i frequently use for my other stuff.

oracle@lars#pgrep -lf smon  | awk '{print $1" "substr($2,10)}' | while read thisPid thisSid ; do echo $thisSid is docked in `pwdx $thisPid | awk -F":" '{print $2}'`; done
+ASM is docked in /u01/base/product/11.2.0/grid2/dbs
larstest is docked in /u01/base/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs
dwtest is docked in /u01/base/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs
dev is docked in /u01/base/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs
apex is docked in /u01/base/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs
upg11 is docked in /u01/base/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs
install is docked in /u01/base/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs

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Re: Connect to idle instance [message #506821 is a reply to message #506816]

Wed, 11 May 2011 06:52

Roachcoach
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Apologies, hadn't noticed the pmon thread, prejudiced by title Embarassed

Embarassed

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