Re: Re:Is it possible to copy one db to another if the SID is di

Did you modify "db_name" parameter in init<SID>.ora to be "TEST"?

Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
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• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 9:48 AM

> New Bee,
>
> It's "CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE SET DATABASE "TEST" RESETLOGS
NOARCHIVELOG".
> ^
> Dick Goulet
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Author: "CHAN Chor Ling Catherine (CSC)" <clchan_at_nie.edu.sg>
> Date: 10/8/2002 11:13 PM
>
> Hi,
>
> Qn : Is it possible to copy one database to another if the source database
> name is different from the target database name ?
>
> I need to clone Oracle Applications 11I from one machine (source
> instance:PROD) to another (target instance:TEST). I followed the
> instructions on Metalink doc 135792.1 "Cloning Oracle Applications Release
> 11I". Everything works fine until I re-create the controlfile in the
target
> instance.
>
> In svrmgrl =>
> STARTUP NOMOUNT
> CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE DATABASE "TEST" RESETLOGS ARCHIVELOG
> MAXLOGFILES 16
> MAXLOGMEMBERS 2
> MAXDATAFILES 500
> MAXINSTANCES 1
> MAXLOGHISTORY 453
> LOGFILE
> GROUP 1 (
> '/dg3/oracle/testredo/log01a.dbf',
> '/dg4/oracle/testredo/log01b.dbf'
> ) SIZE 10M
> ....
> DATAFILE
> '/dg7/oracle/testdata/system01.dbf',
> '/dg7/oracle/testdata/system02.dbf',
> ...
> '/dg8/oracle/testdata/ctxd01.dbf',
> .................
> CHARACTER SET US7ASCII
> CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE DATABASE "TEST" RESETLOGS ARCHIVELOG
> *
> ORA-01503: CREATE CONTROLFILE failed
> ORA-01161: database name PROD in file header does not match given name of
> TEST
>
> Any advice ? Thanks. (Please reply to clchan_at_nie.edu.sg)
>
> Regds,
> New Bee
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