From JTESTA@longaberger.com Wed, 19 Sep 2001 10:40:08 -0700 From: "JOE TESTA" Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 10:40:08 -0700 Subject: Re: Upgrade Oracle from 8.1.7 Release 3 to 9.0.1 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain i guess my other comment is "why trust oracle to mess up the upgrade with their tool, when you follow the instructions and do a manual upgrade?"   joe >>> oracle-db@bretterbauer.at 09/19/01 02:20PM >>> Hello i want to upgrade my database from 8.1.7 to 9.0.1 system: windows 2000 server sp1 2 oracle database instances   i've installed the oracle 9i software on the server (seperate home ..) now i want to the update via the oracle data migration assistant i specify my password and my correct path to initxxx.ora file then i click next and become the following error tns-12560 ... my network configuration works because i can connect to my database !   when i start svrmgrl on the command line i become the same error tns-12560 when i do  "connect internal/pwd@dbtest" it works ! i've allready set the oracle_sid parameter in the registry !   any ideas ?