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Re: fixing a bad oracle install

From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:54:56 +0100
Message-ID: <7765c8970709191054wd91772fl8836935af260cdab@mail.gmail.com>


How on earth did you export a database that was down?

On 19/09/2007, ryan_gaffuri_at_comcast.net <ryan_gaffuri_at_comcast.net> wrote:
> We were hitting shared memory errors. Googled it and this is common when an
> Oracle install is wrong. I looked into it and the kernel parameters were
> never set(I didnt do the install). This is in Redhat 5.0 with Oracle
> 10.2.0.1. Set the kernetl parameters and stepped through the install to make
> sure ulimit, etc... was correct. Started up the DB and got the same error.
>
> ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
> ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
> Linux-x86_64 Error: 2: No such file or directory
>
> So I shut the DB down. did an export for a quick backup(its just development
> data). Uninstaled the software and then reinstalled.
>
> started up the DB and had the same problem. I had to make a new database and
> import the data to it to start over. I am ok for now, but for future
> reference, is any DB created with a bad install hosed and I have to make a
> new DB? The new DB works fine so far with the imported data.
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Received on Wed Sep 19 2007 - 12:54:56 CDT

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