Re: all time worst question I have been ever asked as a DBA

Its a good thing that he wasn't a BOFH or he would have rm'd the file and asked questions later.
At least he did ask.

Paul

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> So, I am getting this error on one of our virtual Linux servers:
>
> ORA-00210: cannot open the specified control file
> ORA-00202: control file: '/u01/app/oracle/datafiles/devdb/control01.ctl'
> ORA-27086: unable to lock file - already in use
>
> Its probably due to a stale NFS lock. The question from my sys admin:
>
> -rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 10076160 Jul 22 13:33 control01.ctl
>
> can that file just be removed
>
>
>
> Ok, I am a little frustrated with him...
>
> --
> Andrew W. Kerber
>
> 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'
>

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