Re: Using svrmgrl to create new instance

The documentation says that the password for INTERNAL is MANAGER.

However, if you are logged into the oracle account (which presumably has the SYSOPER privilege) then you shouldn't even need a password to connect internal.

Tom Maki wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to create a new DB instance. I'm using Oracle 8i 8.1.5
> on Solaris 2.6. I've searched through several manuals and deja-news
> for past posts but am still stumpted.
>
> I have followed this steps (from saikumar_at_nortel.com):
>
> 1. Copy the init<oldsid>.ora to init<newsid>.ora & config<sid>.ora
> 2. Modify the init<newsid>.ora to have appropriate
> paths for the new instance and the <dbname>.
> 3. Modify the path for the control file on the config<newsid>.ora.
> 4. copy the crdb<oldsid>.ora,crdb2<oldsid>.ora to
> crdb<newsid>.ora, crdb2<newsid>.ora and change the required
> parameters on the file to point to the new Instance.
> 5. change the ORACLE_SID on the environment with the
> new Instance Name.
> 6. svrmgrl
> connect internal
> startup nomount
> Run the scripts to create the new instance.
>
> But I get stumped at step 6. When I start up svrmgrl and try to
> connect as internal (using ORACLE as passwd) I get:
>
> ORA-01031 insufficient privileges
Received on Thu Sep 30 1999 - 06:42:38 CDT