ORA-00205: error in identifying control file, check alert log for more

I am trying to upgrade database software from 11.2.0.1 to 11.2.0.2 and followed the steps given in the Doc ID 1276368.1 in linux 86 OS environment . I am in step 9 where i need to start up the database in startup upgrade mode. I get the the following error. Please help. This out of box upgrade is quite tricky and my database is stigged version. Not able to trouble shoot further, Please help me to go forward.
sqlplus " / as sysdba "
SQL> spool /tmp/upgrade.log
SQL> startup upgrade
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 1607008256 bytes
Fixed Size 1344476 bytes
Variable Size 973081636 bytes
Database Buffers 620756992 bytes
Redo Buffers 11825152 bytes
ORA-00205: error in identifying control file, check alert log for more info
Do i shutdown and restart again? I need to run @catupgrd.sql; and other.sql to upgrade it and then apply CPU patch.
Please help...regards

Fatal NI connect error 12637, connecting to:
(LOCAL=NO)
VERSION INFORMATION:
     TNS for Linux: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
     Oracle Bequeath NT Protocol Adapter for Linux: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
     TCP/IP NT Protocol Adapter for Linux: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
Time: 21-NOV-2011 04:49:04
Tracing not turned on.
Tns error struct:
ns main err code: 12637
TNS-12637: Packet receive failed
ns secondary err code: 12532
nt main err code: 0
nt secondary err code: 0
nt OS err code: 0
opiodr aborting process unknown ospid (3912) as a result of ORA-609
Mon Nov 21 04:59:02 2011
Shutting down instance (immediate)
Stopping background process SMCO
Shutting down instance: further logons disabled
Mon Nov 21 04:59:04 2011
Stopping background process CJQ0
Stopping background process QMNC
Stopping background process MMNL
Stopping background process MMON
License high water mark = 26
All dispatchers and shared servers shutdown
ALTER DATABASE CLOSE NORMAL
Mon Nov 21 04:59:09 2011
SMON: disabling tx recovery
SMON: disabling cache recovery
Mon Nov 21 04:59:09 2011
Shutting down archive processes
Archiving is disabled
Mon Nov 21 04:59:09 2011
ARCH shutting down
Mon Nov 21 04:59:09 2011
ARCH shutting down
ARC3: Archival stopped
ARC1: Archival stopped
Mon Nov 21 04:59:09 2011
ARCH shutting down
ARC0: Archival stopped
Mon Nov 21 04:59:09 2011
ARCH shutting down
ARC2: Archival stopped
Thread 1 closed at log sequence 1458
Successful close of redo thread 1
Mon Nov 21 04:59:51 2011
Completed: ALTER DATABASE CLOSE NORMAL
ALTER DATABASE DISMOUNT
Completed: ALTER DATABASE DISMOUNT
ARCH: Archival disabled due to shutdown: 1089
Shutting down archive processes
Archiving is disabled
Archive process shutdown avoided: 0 active
ARCH: Archival disabled due to shutdown: 1089
Shutting down archive processes
Archiving is disabled
Archive process shutdown avoided: 0 active
Mon Nov 21 04:59:52 2011
Stopping background process VKTM:
Mon Nov 21 04:59:56 2011
Instance shutdown complete
Mon Nov 21 07:48:43 2011
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
LICENSE_MAX_SESSION = 0
LICENSE_SESSIONS_WARNING = 0
Picked latch-free SCN scheme 2
Using LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1 parameter default value as USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST
Autotune of undo retention is turned on.
IMODE=BR
ILAT =27
LICENSE_MAX_USERS = 0
SYS auditing is enabled
Starting up:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options.
Using parameter settings in server-side spfile /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1/dbs/spfilertborcl.ora
System parameters with non-default values:
processes = 150
resource_limit = TRUE
memory_target = 1536M
control_files = "/u01/app/oracle/oradata/rtborcl/control01.ctl"
control_files = "/u02/app/oracle/oradata/control02.ctl"
db_block_size = 8192
compatible = "11.2.0.1.0"
log_archive_format = "%t_%s_%r.dbf"
db_recovery_file_dest = "/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area"
db_recovery_file_dest_size= 4977M
undo_tablespace = "UNDOTBS1"
recyclebin = "OFF"
db_securefile = "PERMITTED"
remote_login_passwordfile= "EXCLUSIVE"
audit_sys_operations = TRUE
db_domain = ""
global_names = TRUE
dispatchers = "(PROTOCOL=TCP) (SERVICE=rtborclXDB)"
audit_file_dest = "/u01/app/oracle/admin/rtborcl/adump"
audit_trail = "DB_EXTENDED"
db_name = "rtborcl"
open_cursors = 300
os_authent_prefix = "SOP$"
sql92_security = TRUE
sec_protocol_error_further_action= "drop"
sec_max_failed_login_attempts= 3
diagnostic_dest = "/u01/app/oracle"
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
PMON started with pid=2, OS id=4275
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
VKTM started with pid=3, OS id=4280
VKTM running at (100ms) precision
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
GEN0 started with pid=4, OS id=4287
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
DIAG started with pid=5, OS id=4292
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
DBRM started with pid=6, OS id=4297
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
PSP0 started with pid=7, OS id=4302
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
DIA0 started with pid=8, OS id=4307
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
MMAN started with pid=9, OS id=4312
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
DBW0 started with pid=10, OS id=4317
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
LGWR started with pid=11, OS id=4322
Mon Nov 21 07:48:48 2011
CKPT started with pid=12, OS id=4327
Mon Nov 21 07:48:48 2011
SMON started with pid=13, OS id=4332
Mon Nov 21 07:48:48 2011
RECO started with pid=14, OS id=4337
Mon Nov 21 07:48:48 2011
Mon Nov 21 04:59:51 2011
Completed: ALTER DATABASE CLOSE NORMAL
ALTER DATABASE DISMOUNT
Completed: ALTER DATABASE DISMOUNT
ARCH: Archival disabled due to shutdown: 1089
Shutting down archive processes
Archiving is disabled
Archive process shutdown avoided: 0 active
ARCH: Archival disabled due to shutdown: 1089
Shutting down archive processes
Archiving is disabled
Archive process shutdown avoided: 0 active
Mon Nov 21 04:59:52 2011
Stopping background process VKTM:
Mon Nov 21 04:59:56 2011
Instance shutdown complete
Mon Nov 21 07:48:43 2011
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
LICENSE_MAX_SESSION = 0
LICENSE_SESSIONS_WARNING = 0
Picked latch-free SCN scheme 2
Using LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1 parameter default value as USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST
Autotune of undo retention is turned on.
IMODE=BR
ILAT =27
LICENSE_MAX_USERS = 0
SYS auditing is enabled
Starting up:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options.
Using parameter settings in server-side spfile /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1/dbs/spfilertborcl.ora
System parameters with non-default values:
processes = 150
resource_limit = TRUE
memory_target = 1536M
control_files = "/u01/app/oracle/oradata/rtborcl/control01.ctl"
control_files = "/u02/app/oracle/oradata/control02.ctl"
db_block_size = 8192
compatible = "11.2.0.1.0"
log_archive_format = "%t_%s_%r.dbf"
db_recovery_file_dest = "/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area"
db_recovery_file_dest_size= 4977M
undo_tablespace = "UNDOTBS1"
recyclebin = "OFF"
db_securefile = "PERMITTED"
remote_login_passwordfile= "EXCLUSIVE"
audit_sys_operations = TRUE
db_domain = ""
global_names = TRUE
dispatchers = "(PROTOCOL=TCP) (SERVICE=rtborclXDB)"
audit_file_dest = "/u01/app/oracle/admin/rtborcl/adump"
audit_trail = "DB_EXTENDED"
db_name = "rtborcl"
open_cursors = 300
os_authent_prefix = "SOP$"
sql92_security = TRUE
sec_protocol_error_further_action= "drop"
sec_max_failed_login_attempts= 3
diagnostic_dest = "/u01/app/oracle"
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
PMON started with pid=2, OS id=4275
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
VKTM started with pid=3, OS id=4280
VKTM running at (100ms) precision
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
GEN0 started with pid=4, OS id=4287
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
DIAG started with pid=5, OS id=4292
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
DBRM started with pid=6, OS id=4297
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
PSP0 started with pid=7, OS id=4302
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
DIA0 started with pid=8, OS id=4307
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
MMAN started with pid=9, OS id=4312
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
DBW0 started with pid=10, OS id=4317
Mon Nov 21 07:48:47 2011
LGWR started with pid=11, OS id=4322
Mon Nov 21 07:48:48 2011
CKPT started with pid=12, OS id=4327
Mon Nov 21 07:48:48 2011
SMON started with pid=13, OS id=4332
Mon Nov 21 07:48:48 2011
RECO started with pid=14, OS id=4337
Mon Nov 21 07:48:48 2011
MMON started with pid=15, OS id=4342
starting up 1 dispatcher(s) for network address '(ADDRESS=(PARTIAL=YES)(PROTOCOL=TCP))'...
Mon C:\Users\MVEMURI 07:48:48 2011
MMNL started with pid=16, OS id=4347
starting up 1 shared server(s) ...
ORACLE_BASE from environment = /u01/app/oracle
Mon Nov 21 07:48:49 2011
ALTER DATABASE MOUNT
Successful mount of redo thread 1, with mount id 2616737889
Database mounted in Exclusive Mode
Lost write protection disabled
Completed: ALTER DATABASE MOUNT
Mon Nov 21 07:48:54 2011
ALTER DATABASE OPEN
LGWR: STARTING ARCH PROCESSES
Mon Nov 21 07:48:54 2011
ARC0 started with pid=20, OS id=4398
ARC0: Archival started
LGWR: STARTING ARCH PROCESSES COMPLETE
ARC0: STARTING ARCH PROCESSES
Mon Nov 21 07:48:55 2011
ARC1 started with pid=21, OS id=4403
Mon Nov 21 07:48:55 2011
ARC2 started with pid=22, OS id=4408
ARC1: Archival started
ARC2: Archival started
ARC2: Becoming the 'no FAL' ARCH
ARC2: Becoming the 'no SRL' ARCH
Mon Nov 21 07:48:55 2011
ARC3 started with pid=23, OS id=4413
ARC1: Becoming the heartbeat ARCH
Thread 1 opened at log sequence 1458
Current log# 3 seq# 1458 mem# 0: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/rtborcl/redo03.log
Current log# 3 seq# 1458 mem# 1: /u02/app/oracle/oradata/redo03b.log
Successful open of redo thread 1
MTTR advisory is disabled because FAST_START_MTTR_TARGET is not set
SMON: enabling cache recovery
ARC3: Archival started
ARC0: STARTING ARCH PROCESSES COMPLETE
Successfully onlined Undo Tablespace 2.
Undo initialization finished serial:0 start:977954 end:979234 diff:1280
Verifying file header compatibility for 11g tablespace encryption..
Verifying 11g file header compatibility for tablespace encryption completed
Mon Nov 21 07:48:58 2011
SMON: enabling tx recovery
Database Characterset is WE8MSWIN1252
No Resource Manager plan active
replication_dependency_tracking turned off (no async multimaster replication found)
Starting background process QMNC
Mon Nov 21 07:49:03 2011
QMNC started with pid=24, OS id=4418
Mon Nov 21 07:49:10 2011
db_recovery_file_dest_size of 4977 MB is 13.68% used. This is a
user-specified limit on the amount of space that will be used by this
database for recovery-related files, and does not reflect the amount of
space available in the underlying filesystem or ASM diskgroup.
Mon Nov 21 07:49:12 2011
Completed: ALTER DATABASE OPEN
Mon Nov 21 07:49:12 2011
Starting background process CJQ0
Mon Nov 21 07:49:12 2011
CJQ0 started with pid=25, OS id=4470
Mon Nov 21 07:54:05 2011
Starting background process SMCO
Mon Nov 21 07:54:05 2011
SMCO started with pid=26, OS id=4515
Mon Nov 21 10:08:01 2011
ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG
Mon Nov 21 10:08:01 2011
Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 1459 (LGWR switch)
Current log# 1 seq# 1459 mem# 0: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/rtborcl/redo01.log
Current log# 1 seq# 1459 mem# 1: /u02/app/oracle/oradata/redo01b.log
Mon Nov 21 10:08:04 2011
Archived Log entry 1421 added for thread 1 sequence 1458 ID 0x990b1f4c dest 1:
Mon Nov 21 10:12:53 2011
ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG
Mon Nov 21 10:12:53 2011
Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 1460 (LGWR switch)
Current log# 2 seq# 1460 mem# 0: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/rtborcl/redo02.log
Current log# 2 seq# 1460 mem# 1: /u02/app/oracle/oradata/redo02b.log
Mon Nov 21 10:12:53 2011
Archived Log entry 1422 added for thread 1 sequence 1459 ID 0x990b1f4c dest 1:
Mon Nov 21 10:14:44 2011
Shutting down instance (immediate)
Stopping background process SMCO
Shutting down instance: further logons disabled
Mon Nov 21 10:14:45 2011
Stopping background process CJQ0
Stopping background process QMNC
Stopping background process MMNL
Stopping background process MMON
License high water mark = 4
All dispatchers and shared servers shutdown
ALTER DATABASE CLOSE NORMAL
Mon Nov 21 10:14:49 2011
SMON: disabling tx recovery
SMON: disabling cache recovery
Mon Nov 21 10:14:54 2011
Shutting down archive processes
Archiving is disabled
Mon Nov 21 10:14:54 2011
ARCH shutting down
ARC3: Archival stopped
Mon Nov 21 10:14:54 2011
ARCH shutting down
ARC0: Archival stopped
Mon Nov 21 10:14:54 2011
ARCH shutting down
ARC2: Archival stopped
Mon Nov 21 10:14:54 2011
ARCH shutting down
ARC1: Archival stopped
Thread 1 closed at log sequence 1460
Successful close of redo thread 1
Mon Nov 21 10:15:01 2011
Completed: ALTER DATABASE CLOSE NORMAL
ALTER DATABASE DISMOUNT
Completed: ALTER DATABASE DISMOUNT
ARCH: Archival disabled due to shutdown: 1089
Shutting down archive processes
Archiving is disabled
Archive process shutdown avoided: 0 active
ARCH: Archival disabled due to shutdown: 1089
Shutting down archive processes
Archiving is disabled
Archive process shutdown avoided: 0 active
Mon Nov 21 10:15:02 2011
Stopping background process VKTM:
Mon Nov 21 10:15:08 2011
Instance shutdown complete
Mon Nov 21 11:52:11 2011
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
LICENSE_MAX_SESSION = 0
LICENSE_SESSIONS_WARNING = 0
Shared memory segment for instance monitoring created
Picked latch-free SCN scheme 2
Using LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1 parameter default value as USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST
Autotune of undo retention is turned on.
IMODE=BR
ILAT =27
LICENSE_MAX_USERS = 0
SYS auditing is enabled
Starting up:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options.
Using parameter settings in server-side pfile /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_2/dbs/initrtborcl.ora
System parameters with non-default values:
processes = 150
memory_target = 1536M
control_files = "/u01/app/oracle/oradata/rtborcl/control01.ctl"
control_files = "/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/rtborcl/control02.ctl"
db_block_size = 8192
compatible = "11.2.0.0.0"
log_archive_format = "%t_%s_%r.dbf"
db_recovery_file_dest = "/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area"
db_recovery_file_dest_size= 4977M
undo_tablespace = "UNDOTBS1"
remote_login_passwordfile= "EXCLUSIVE"
audit_sys_operations = TRUE
db_domain = ""
global_names = TRUE
dispatchers = "(PROTOCOL=TCP) (SERVICE=rtborclXDB)"
audit_file_dest = "/u01/app/oracle/admin/rtborcl/adump"
audit_trail = "DB_EXTENDED"
db_name = "rtborcl"
open_cursors = 300
os_authent_prefix = "SOP$"
sql92_security = TRUE
sec_protocol_error_further_action= "drop"
sec_max_failed_login_attempts= 3
diagnostic_dest = "/u01/app/oracle"
Create Relation DFW_CONFIG_CAPTURE
Create Relation DFW_CONFIG_ITEM
Mon Nov 21 11:52:17 2011
PMON started with pid=2, OS id=7339
Mon Nov 21 11:52:17 2011
PSP0 started with pid=3, OS id=7344
Mon Nov 21 11:52:18 2011
VKTM started with pid=4, OS id=7349
VKTM running at (100ms) precision
Mon Nov 21 11:52:18 2011
GEN0 started with pid=5, OS id=7356
Mon Nov 21 11:52:19 2011
DIAG started with pid=6, OS id=7361
Mon Nov 21 11:52:19 2011
DBRM started with pid=7, OS id=7366
Mon Nov 21 11:52:19 2011
DIA0 started with pid=8, OS id=7371
Mon Nov 21 11:52:19 2011
MMAN started with pid=9, OS id=7376
Mon Nov 21 11:52:19 2011
DBW0 started with pid=10, OS id=7381
Mon Nov 21 11:52:19 2011
LGWR started with pid=11, OS id=7386
Mon Nov 21 11:52:19 2011
CKPT started with pid=12, OS id=7391
Mon Nov 21 11:52:19 2011
SMON started with pid=13, OS id=7396
Mon Nov 21 11:52:19 2011
RECO started with pid=14, OS id=7401
Mon Nov 21 11:52:19 2011
MMON started with pid=15, OS id=7406
starting up 1 dispatcher(s) for network address '(ADDRESS=(PARTIAL=YES)(PROTOCOL=TCP))'...
Mon Nov 21 11:52:19 2011
MMNL started with pid=16, OS id=7411
starting up 1 shared server(s) ...
ORACLE_BASE from environment = /u01/app/oracle
Mon Nov 21 11:52:20 2011
ALTER DATABASE MOUNT
ORA-00210: cannot open the specified control file
ORA-00202: control file: '/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/rtborcl/control02.ctl'
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
ORA-205 signalled during: ALTER DATABASE MOUNT...
Mon Nov 21 11:52:21 2011
Checker run found 1 new persistent data failures

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RECO started with pid=9, OS id=2272
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__large_pool_size = 4194304
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compatible = 10.2.0.1.0
db_file_multiblock_read_count= 16
db_recovery_file_dest = e:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1/flash_recovery_area
db_recovery_file_dest_size= 2147483648
undo_management = AUTO
undo_tablespace = UNDOTBS1
remote_login_passwordfile= EXCLUSIVE
db_domain =
dispatchers = (PROTOCOL=TCP) (SERVICE=orclXDB)
job_queue_processes = 10
audit_file_dest = E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\DB_1\ADMIN\ORCL\ADUMP
background_dump_dest = E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\DB_1\ADMIN\ORCL\BDUMP
user_dump_dest = E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\DB_1\ADMIN\ORCL\UDUMP
core_dump_dest = E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\DB_1\ADMIN\ORCL\CDUMP
db_name = orcl
open_cursors = 15000
pga_aggregate_target = 96468992
PMON started with pid=2, OS id=1560
PSP0 started with pid=3, OS id=208
MMAN started with pid=4, OS id=972
DBW0 started with pid=5, OS id=4092
LGWR started with pid=6, OS id=3812
CKPT started with pid=7, OS id=344
SMON started with pid=8, OS id=3492
RECO started with pid=9, OS id=2272
CJQ0 started with pid=10, OS id=3276
MMON started with pid=11, OS id=1832
MMNL started with pid=12, OS id=1636
Wed Nov 21 11:44:31 2012
starting up 1 dispatcher(s) for network address '(ADDRESS=(PARTIAL=YES)(PROTOCOL=TCP))'...
starting up 1 shared server(s) ...
Wed Nov 21 11:44:32 2012
ALTER DATABASE MOUNT
Wed Nov 21 11:44:32 2012
ORA-00202: control file: 'E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORCL\CONTROL01.CTL'
ORA-27041: unable to open file
OSD-04002: unable to open file
O/S-Error: (OS 2) can not find the specified file
Wed Nov 21 11:44:32 2012
ORA-205 signalled during: ALTER DATABASE MOUNT...Please anyone has any info please share me
thank you ,
regards,
Edited by: ayadsufyan on 21-Nov-2012 01:04
Edited by: ayadsufyan on 21-Nov-2012 01:30I'd say the error message is pretty self-evident:
ORA-00202: control file: 'E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORCL\CONTROL01.CTL'
ORA-27041: unable to open file
OSD-04002: unable to open file
O/S-Error: (OS 2) can not find the specified fileWhat do you suppose "can not find the specified file" means?
And what does this have to do with database security?

Startup upgrade ORA-00205: error in identifying control file

Hi,
I am doing a manual upgrade from 10.2.04 to 11.2.03.
I have installed 11.2.0.3.
Ran utlu112i.sql
Copied TNSNAMES and LISTENER.ora,init.ora from 10g home to 11g home respective directories.
Commented all dump_dest paramteres in 11g init.ora and added diagnostic_dest parameter
exported all the varaiables as follows.
export ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/ora11203
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
export ORACLE_SID=OMIGTEST
export TNS_ADMIN=$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
export ORACLE_BASE=/oracle/ora11203/app/ora11203
Now when i try to start DB from the unix session where all of above variables are set,i am getting following issue.
SQL> startup upgrade
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 1636892672 bytes
Fixed Size                  2183056 bytes
Variable Size            1090519152 bytes
Database Buffers          536870912 bytes
Redo Buffers                7319552 bytes
ORA-00205: error in identifying control file, check alert log for more info
Alert log says as below.
ORACLE_BASE from environment = /oracle/ora11203/app/ora11203
Thu Aug 23 15:03:36 2012
ALTER DATABASE   MOUNT
ORA-00210: cannot open the specified control file
ORA-00202: control file: '/oracle/ora11203/dbs/cntrlOMIGTEST.dbf'
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
HPUX-ia64 Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
ORA-205 signalled during: ALTER DATABASE   MOUNT...In init.ora of 11g (which is copied from 10g) ,i have commented our control file path entry.
Kindly assist me as i am doing upgrade for the first time.
Thanks
Edited by: user10698496 on Aug 24, 2012 2:47 AM

Hi,
Issue of sqlplus is solved after setting proper LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
But eve after that startup upgrade showing same error.
sqlplus '/as sysdba'
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.3.0 Production on Thu Aug 23 16:22:16 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing optionsSQL> startup upgrade
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 1636892672 bytes
Fixed Size 2183056 bytes
Variable Size 1090519152 bytes
Database Buffers 536870912 bytes
Redo Buffers 7319552 bytes
ORA-00205: error in identifying control file, check alert log for more info
Do i copy control file from 10g home and place in in 11g path and mention it in init.ora before upgrade?
Thanks

ORA-00205: error in identifying control file while startup database

Dear Experts,
we are using Oracle 10g on RHEL5.4 64Bit ecc 6.0 with eph 4 i have moved all my sap data files along with Temp file.
when i startup my database getting error.
SQL> startup mount
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 535662592 bytes
Fixed Size 1334380 bytes
Variable Size 306185108 bytes
Database Buffers 222298112 bytes
Redo Buffers 5844992 bytes
ORA-00205: error in identifying control file, check alert log for more info
when i checked initSID.ora then found old location of control file.
1)/oracle/SID/sapdata1/cntrl
2)/oracle/SID/origlogA/cntrl
3)/oracle/SID/origlogB/cntrl
i have manually changed location of control file.
1)/oracle/SID/sapdata10/cntrl
2)/oracle/SID/origlogA/cntrl
3)/oracle/SID/origlogB/cntrl
SQL> Create Pfile from Spfile;
File Created.
i would like to mount my database from Pfile plese help me i execute scripts below.
SQL> STARTUP MOUNT=/oracle/SID/ORACLE_HOME/dbs/initSID.ora
invalid startup option.
or suggest me some other way so that i can startup my Database.
with Regards

Thanks,LOG of alert_SID.log control_files = /oracle/PRD/origlogA/cntrl/cntrlPRD.dbf, /oracle/PRD/origlogB/cntrl/cntrlPRD.dbf, /oracle/PRD/sapdata1/cntrl/cntrlPRD.dbf, control_file_record_keep_time= 30, Mon Nov 14 08:24:52 2011
CREATE DATABASE PRD CONTROLFILE REUSE MAXLOGFILES 255 MAXLOGMEMBERS 3 MAXLOGHISTORY 1000 MAXDATAFILES 254 MAXINSTANCES 50 NOARCHIVELOG CHARACTER SET UTF8 NATIONAL CHARACTER SET UTF8 DATAFILE '/oracle/PRD/sapdata1/system_1/system.data1' SIZE 350M REUSE AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 20M MAXSIZE 10000M EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL DEFAULT TEMPORARY TABLESPACE PSAPTEMP TEMPFILE '/oracle/PRD/sapdata1/temp_1/temp.data1' SIZE 570M REUSE AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 20M MAXSIZE 10000M UNDO TABLESPACE PSAPUNDO DATAFILE '/oracle/PRD/sapdata1/undo_1/undo.data1' SIZE 700M REUSE AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 20M MAXSIZE 10000M SYSAUX DATAFILE '/oracle/PRD/sapdata1/sysaux_1/sysaux.data1' SIZE 200M REUSE AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 20M MAXSIZE 10000M
LOGFILE GROUP 1 ('/oracle/PRD/origlogA/log_g11m1.dbf',
'/oracle/PRD/mirrlogA/log_g11m2.dbf') SIZE 50M REUSE ,GROUP 2 ('/oracle/PRD/origlogB/log_g12m1.dbf',
'/oracle/PRD/mirrlogB/log_g12m2.dbf') SIZE 50M REUSE ,GROUP 3 ('/oracle/PRD/origlogA/log_g13m1.dbf',
'/oracle/PRD/mirrlogA/log_g13m2.dbf') SIZE 50M REUSE ,GROUP 4 ('/oracle/PRD/origlogB/log_g14m1.dbf',
'/oracle/PRD/mirrlogB/log_g14m2.dbf') SIZE 50M REUSEMon Nov 14 08:24:53 2011Database mounted in Exclusive Mode
Mon Nov 14 08:25:06 2011Successful mount of redo thread 1, with mount id 1830841300
Assigning activation ID 1830841300 (0x6d206bd4) Thread 1 opened at log sequence 1
Current log# 1 seq# 1 mem# 0: /oracle/PRD/origlogA/log_g11m1.dbf
Current log# 1 seq# 1 mem# 1: /oracle/PRD/mirrlogA/log_g11m2.dbf,m Successful open of redo thread 1
Mon Nov 14 08:25:06 2011 MTTR advisory is disabled because FAST_START_MTTR_TARGET is not set
Mon Nov 14 08:25:06 2011 SMON: enabling cache recovery
Mon Nov 14 08:25:06 2011
create tablespace SYSTEM datafile '/oracle/PRD/sapdata1/system_1/system.data1' SIZE 350M REUSE AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 20M MAXSIZE 10000M
EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL online
Mon Nov 14 08:25:09 2011
Incremental checkpoint up to RBA [0x1.3.0], current log tail at RBA [0x1.3.0]
Mon Nov 14 08:25:15 2011
Completed: create tablespace SYSTEM datafile '/oracle/PRD/sapdata1/system_1/system.data1' SIZE 350M REUSE AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 20M MAXSIZE 10000M
EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL online
Mon Nov 14 08:25:15 2011
create rollback segment SYSTEM tablespace SYSTEM
storage (initial 50K next 50K)
Completed: create rollback segment SYSTEM tablespace SYSTEM
storage (initial 50K next 50K)
Mon Nov 14 08:25:19 2011
CREATE UNDO TABLESPACE PSAPUNDO DATAFILE '/oracle/PRD/sapdata1/undo_1/undo.data1' SIZE 700M REUSE AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 20M MAXSIZE 10000M
Mon Nov 14 08:25:36 2011
Successfully onlined Undo Tablespace 1.
Completed: CREATE UNDO TABLESPACE PSAPUNDO DATAFILE '/oracle/PRD/sapdata1/undo_1/undo.data1' SIZE 700M REUSE AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 20M MAXSIZE 10000M
Mon Nov 14 08:25:36 2011
create tablespace SYSAUX datafile '/oracle/PRD/sapdata1/sysaux_1/sysaux.data1' SIZE 200M REUSE AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 20M MAXSIZE 10000M
EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO online
Completed: create tablespace SYSAUX datafile '/oracle/PRD/sapdata1/sysaux_1/sysaux.data1' SIZE 200M REUSE AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 20M MAXSIZE 10000M
EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO online

ORA-00205: error in identifying control file..after installing ASM

Hi
I haveoracle database 10g running on a redhat4 mechine.
i have installed ASM and migrate my database to ASM.
I haven't any problem and everything was fine till i reboot the mechine for the first time after
installing ASM.
I got the ORA-00205: error in identifying control file, check alert log for more info
error when database was restarting
any one can help me out of this problem
many many thanks in advance

eventually I figured out what the problem is.
The problem is about my dbora file used to start my database.
this is the whole story!!!
I have a oracle 10gR2 installed on Redhat linux AS 4.
I have configured my database to work on ASM.All the configuration have set properly
and every thing is fine except the Automatic starting the database in time
the mechine is restarted.
when i restart the mechine with nothing in dbora(used to automatically start the database)
and start everything after logging into oracle user(listener ,database,Enterprise manager)
no problem(i can see my ASM instance database instance throught Enterprise managaer).
but when i use dbora to do that i get this error appear in enterprise manager
ORA-12528: TNS:listener: all appropriate instances are blocking new connections (DBD ERROR: OCIServerAttach)
this is the content of dbora:
s script is intended to allow the automated
# startup and shutdown of an oracle database server.
# Author: Sean O'Donnell <[email protected]>
# the user that oracle runs as (default: oracle)
ORACLE=oracle
# database instance id
ORACLE_SID=orcl
# ORACLE_HOME (file system) path
ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1
PATH=${PATH}:$ORACLE_HOME/bin
export ORACLE_SID ORACLE_HOME PATH
case $1 in
'start')
su - $ORACLE -c "$ORACLE_HOME/bin/lsnrctl start"
su - $ORACLE -c "$ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbstart"
su - $ORACLE -c "$ORACLE_HOME/bin/emctl start dbconsole"
'stop')
su - $ORACLE -c "$ORACLE_HOME/bin/emctl stop dbconsole"
su - $ORACLE -c "$ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbshut"
su - $ORACLE -c "$ORACLE_HOME/bin/lsnrctl stop"
echo "usage: $0 {start|stop}"
esac
exit
What do u think could be the reason?!!!!
thank you in advance

ORA-00205: error in identifying control file,-Startup ASM db in PFA mode

Is there any oracle restriction for ASM database in PFA mode?
*[oracle@aveo:~]>cd $ORACLE_HOME/dbs*
*[oracle@aveo:~]>orapwd file=orapwQ102ASMA password=sys entries=10 force=y*
oracle@aveo:~]>sq
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Fri Sep 3 12:49:15 2010
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
SQL> select file_name from dba_data_files;
FILE_NAME
+OBTDG1/q102asma/datafile/system01.dbf
7 rows selected.
SQL> show parameter pass
NAME_COL_PLUS_SHOW_PARAM
TYPE
VALUE_COL_PLUS_SHOW_PARAM
remote_login_passwordfile
string
EXCLUSIVE
SQL> select from v$pwfile_users;*
USERNAME SYSDB SYSOP
SYS TRUE TRUE
SQL> shutdown immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> exit
Now made changes in sqlnet.ora file.
oracle@aveo:admin]>pwd
/oracle/10.2.0/product/network/admin
*[oracle@aveo:admin]>cat sqlnet.ora*
sqlnet.authentication_services=(none)
*=oracle@aveo:admin]>sqlplus sys/sys as sysdba*
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Fri Sep 3 13:28:29 2010
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 272629760 bytes
Fixed Size 2005736 bytes
Variable Size 184550680 bytes
Database Buffers 83886080 bytes
Redo Buffers 2187264 bytes
ORA-00205: error in identifying control file, check alert log for more info
It thows ORA-00205: error in identifying control file,
Edited by: user2015671 on 3 Sep, 2010 8:09 AM

In alert log it show below error message.
===================================================================
Sat Sep 4 13:06:38 2010
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
LICENSE_MAX_SESSION = 0
LICENSE_SESSIONS_WARNING = 0
Picked latch-free SCN scheme 1
Autotune of undo retention is turned on.
IMODE=BR
ILAT =10
LICENSE_MAX_USERS = 0
SYS auditing is disabled
ksdpec: called for event 13740 prior to event group initialization
Starting up ORACLE RDBMS Version: 10.2.0.1.0.
System parameters with non-default values:
processes = 50
shared_pool_size = 155189248
large_pool_size = 4194304
java_pool_size = 25165824
resource_manager_plan = SYSTEM_PLAN
control_files = OBTDG1/q102asma/controlfile/control01.ctl, OBTDG1/q102asma/controlfile/control02.ctl, +OBTDG1/q102asma/controlfile/control03.ctl
db_block_size = 8192
db_cache_size = 67108864
db_2k_cache_size = 8388608
db_4k_cache_size = 8388608
compatible = 10.0.0.0.0
log_archive_dest = +OBTDG1
log_archive_format = %t_%s_%r.log
log_buffer = 2152448
fast_start_mttr_target = 300
undo_management = AUTO
undo_tablespace = rbs
remote_login_passwordfile= EXCLUSIVE
instance_name = Q102ASMA
background_dump_dest = /qa/data/obt/Q102ASMA/admin/bdump
user_dump_dest = /qa/data/obt/Q102ASMA/admin/udump
core_dump_dest = /qa/data/obt/Q102ASMA/admin/cdump
sort_area_size = 524288
db_name = Q102ASMA
open_cursors = 300
ifile = /qa/data/obt/Q102ASMA/admin/pfile/configQ102ASMA.ora
PMON started with pid=2, OS id=29642
PSP0 started with pid=3, OS id=29644
MMAN started with pid=4, OS id=29646
DBW0 started with pid=5, OS id=29648
LGWR started with pid=6, OS id=29650
CKPT started with pid=7, OS id=29652
SMON started with pid=8, OS id=29654
RECO started with pid=9, OS id=29656
MMON started with pid=10, OS id=29658
MMNL started with pid=11, OS id=29660
Sat Sep 4 13:06:40 2010
ALTER DATABASE MOUNT
Sat Sep 4 13:06:40 2010
Starting background process ASMB
ASMB started with pid=13, OS id=29663
Sat Sep 4 13:06:40 2010
ORA-00202: control file: '+OBTDG1/q102asma/controlfile/control01.ctl'
ORA-17503: ksfdopn:2 Failed to open file +OBTDG1/q102asma/controlfile/control01.ctl
ORA-15001: diskgroup "OBTDG1" does not exist or is not mounted
ORA-15055: unable to connect to ASM instance
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
Sat Sep 4 13:06:40 2010
ORA-205 signalled during: ALTER DATABASE MOUNT...
===================================================================
ASMCMD> pwd
+OBTDG1/Q102ASMA/controlfile
ASMCMD>
ASMCMD> ls -ltr
Type Redund Striped Time Sys Name
N control01.ctl => +OBTDG1/Q102ASMA/CONTROLFILE/Current.283.728141849
N control02.ctl => +OBTDG1/Q102ASMA/CONTROLFILE/current.292.728141859
N control03.ctl => +OBTDG1/Q102ASMA/CONTROLFILE/current.299.728141861
CONTROLFILE UNPROT FINE SEP 04 13:00:00 Y Current.283.728141849
CONTROLFILE UNPROT FINE SEP 04 13:00:00 Y current.292.728141859
CONTROLFILE UNPROT FINE SEP 04 13:00:00 Y current.299.728141861
===================================================================
I tried without Password file authentication then i am not getting error during database startup.
Why it is giving error for Password file authentication?
Thanks,

Error in identifying control File , check alert for more details

Hi ,
I am unable to create user in the database , I can connect to sqlplus as sysdba
Getting the following error :
Error in identifying , check alert for more details :
When I run : Show Parameter Contol_Files ;
I am getting control01.ctl and control02.ctl with their paths mentioned.
Kindly Help .

1> env |sort
COLORTERM=gnome-terminal
CVS_RSH=ssh
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-YFSE8cCveS,guid=1736156c077604e0df1154004fe9c3bb
DESKTOP_SESSION=default
DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID=
DISPLAY=:0.0
G_BROKEN_FILENAMES=1
GDMSESSION=default
GDM_XSERVER_LOCATION=local
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=Default
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-C6CnCJ/socket
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/oracle/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
HISTSIZE=1000
HOME=/home/oracle
HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
KDEDIR=/usr
KDE_IS_PRELINKED=1
KDE_NO_IPV6=1
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LESSOPEN=|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s
LOGNAME=oracle
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=00;34:ln=00;36:pi=40;33:so=00;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:ex=00;32:*.cmd=00;32:*.exe=00;32:*.com=00;32:*.btm=00;32:*.bat=00;32:*.sh=00;32:*.csh=00;32:*.tar=00;31:*.tgz=00;31:*.arj=00;31:*.taz=00;31:*.lzh=00;31:*.zip=00;31:*.z=00;31:*.Z=00;31:*.gz=00;31:*.bz2=00;31:*.bz=00;31:*.tz=00;31:*.rpm=00;31:*.cpio=00;31:*.jpg=00;35:*.gif=00;35:*.bmp=00;35:*.xbm=00;35:*.xpm=00;35:*.png=00;35:*.tif=00;35:
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/oracle
OLDPWD=/home/oracle
ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1
ORACLE_SID=ORCL
PATH=/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/oracle/bin:/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/bin
PWD=/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0
SESSION_MANAGER=local/localhost.localdomain:/tmp/.ICE-unix/12103
SHELL=/bin/bash
SHLVL=2
SSH_AGENT_PID=12142
SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/libexec/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-IPvxh12103/agent.12103
TERM=xterm
USERNAME=oracle
USER=oracle
_=/usr/bin/env
WINDOWID=26243546
XAUTHORITY=/tmp/.gdmAO4NGW
XMODIFIERS=@im=none
2>Output of ls-l
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oracle 9748480 Jun 30 00:53 /home/oracle/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control01.ctl
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oracle 9748480 Jun 30 00:53 /home/oracle/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/orcl/control02.ctl
3>
SQL> show parameter control_files;
NAME TYPE VALUE
control_files string /home/oracle/app/oracle/oradat
a/orcl/control01.ctl, /home/or
acle/app/oracle/flash_recovery
_area/orcl/control02.ctl
4>
SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 839282688 bytes
Fixed Size 2217992 bytes
Variable Size 494929912 bytes
Database Buffers 339738624 bytes
Redo Buffers 2396160 bytes
ORA-00205: error in identifying control file, check alert log for more info
I did by trying , startup upgrade , startup nomount
but still facing the same error.
Kindly help.

ORA-00205: error in identifying control file

Hi DBAs,
I am using Oracle 11g R2, My db is up and running, I thought to Multiplexing the controlfile in another location. My DB is up with help of sp file.
While it was up, I have given a comment like this, without specifying the filename.ctl , I wrongly mentioned the Path alone, now it has been updated in spfile.
SQL> alter system set control_files='E:\APP\ADMINISTRATOR\ORADATA\BASKAR\CONTROLFILE\' scope=spfile;
System altered.
Then, When i was restarting my db its throwing an error, control file is missing.
Then I thought to run my db with pfile, then i tried to chang the controlfile parameter in SPFILE, it showing as like below one,
SQL> alter system set control_files='E:\app\Administrator\oradata\BASKAR\O2_MF_7CSK1379_.CTL' scope=spfile;
alter system set control_files='E:\app\Administrator\oradata\BASKAR\O2_MF_7CSK1379_.CTL' scope=spfile
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-32001: write to SPFILE requested but no SPFILE specified at startup
Any one can let me know? how do i change my controlfile parameter in spfile.
How do i start my db with SPFILE.

Then I thought to run my db with pfile, then i tried to chang the controlfile parameter in SPFILE, it showing as like below one,
SQL> alter system set control_files='E:\app\Administrator\oradata\BASKAR\O2_MF_7CSK1379_.CTL' scope=spfile;
alter system set control_files='E:\app\Administrator\oradata\BASKAR\O2_MF_7CSK1379_.CTL' scope=spfile
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-32001: write to SPFILE requested but no SPFILE specified at startupYour database is currently running with the pfile. Check the value of control_files now
show parameter control_files
Make necessary changes in you pfile, create an spfile from your pfile and later start the database with the newly created spfile

ORA-00205: error in identifying controlfile, check alert log for more info

Hello All,
I am performing my first Collab Suite install in quite some time and I have successfully installed Collaboration Suite on Linux Red Hat AS 4. I first performed an infrastructure installation for the Collab Suite database which completed with no errors, however, it appears that no control files were created in my $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory during installation. I am also unable to specify their exact location in the initSID.ora file as I am unable to find them in any other directory on my server. The database starts despite the control file error, as you can see from the second SQL*Plus prompt. However, I am unsure how to create the control files or correct this error. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.4.2 - Production on Wed Mar 21 09:51:49 2007
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
SQL> connect SYS as SYSDBA
Enter password:
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 100663296 bytes
Fixed Size 778024 bytes
Variable Size 99623128 bytes
Database Buffers 0 bytes
Redo Buffers 262144 bytes
ORA-00205: error in identifying controlfile, check alert log for more info
======================================================================
SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.4.2 - Production on Wed Mar 21 11:18:57 2007
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
SQL> connect SYS as SYSDBA
Enter password:
Connected.
SQL> startup nomount
ORA-01081: cannot start already-running ORACLE - shut it down first
SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.4.2 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options

Control files are database-specific, since they contain information describing the database (location of data files, etc.) You can't copy them from one database to another.
Do you have a backup?

Error in identifying control file during 11g Upgrade..

Oracle10gR2 OEL4 64bit non-RAC with ASM
Hi All,
I am trying to upgrade our database to 11g and I am getting the following error when I try to start the database with the STARTUP UPGRADE command. I am doing a manual upgrade and following the Upgrade guide:
SQL> startup upgrade pfile='/opt/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/dbs/initFPRCTEMP.ora';
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 4275781632 bytes
Fixed Size 2151248 bytes
Variable Size 2617248944 bytes
Database Buffers 1644167168 bytes
Redo Buffers 12214272 bytes
ORA-00205: error in identifying control file, check alert log for more info
When I checked the alertlog I found the following:
ORA-00210: cannot open the specified control file
ORA-00202: control file: '+FLASH1/fprctemp/controlfile/ctrl02_fprctemp.ctl'
*ORA-17503: ksfdopn:2 Failed to open file +FLASH1/fprctemp/controlfile/ctrl02_fprctemp.ctl*
ORA-15001: diskgroup "FLASH1" does not exist or is not mounted
ORA-15077: could not locate ASM instance serving a required diskgroup
ORA-29701: unable to connect to Cluster Manager
ORA-00210: cannot open the specified control file
ORA-00202: control file: '+DATA1/fprctemp/controlfile/ctrl01_fprctemp.ctl'
*ORA-17503: ksfdopn:2 Failed to open file +DATA1/fprctemp/controlfile/ctrl01_fprctemp.ctl*
ORA-15001: diskgroup "DATA1" does not exist or is not mounted
ORA-15077: could not locate ASM instance serving a required diskgroup
ORA-29701: unable to connect to Cluster Manager
Thu Aug 28 14:54:49 2008
Checker run found 2 new persistent data failures
ORA-205 signalled during: ALTER DATABASE MOUNT...
What's weird is that I checked and the ASM instance is up and running. I checked all the environment variables ( set PATH and ORACLE_HOME to new 11g home) and I also set the oratab entry to point to the new Oracle Home as the documentation says. Below are my entries from the .bash_profile file and the oratab file.
# .bash_profile
# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi
# User specific environment and startup programs
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
stty erase ^H
ORACLE_BASE=/opt/app/oracle
ORA_HTTP_HOME=/opt/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/http_1
ORACLE_HOME=/opt/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1
ORACLE_ASM_HOME=/opt/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/asm_1
ORACLE_SID=FPRCTEMP
ORA_NLS10=$ORACLE_BASE/product/10.2.0/db_1/nls/data
TNS_ADMIN=$ORACLE_BASE/product/10.2.0/db_1/network/admin
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_BASE/product/11.1.0/db_1/lib:$ORACLE_BASE/product/10.2.0/http_1/lib
TEMP=/tmp
export ORA_HTTP_HOME
export ORACLE_SID
export ORACLE_BASE
export ORACLE_HOME
export ORACLE_ASM_HOME
export ORA_NLS10
export TNS_ADMIN
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export TMP
export TEMP
unset USERNAME
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/BIN:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch:$ORA_HTTP_HOME/opmn/bin:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export PATH
umask 022
unset USERNAME
oratab file entry:
*:/opt/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/http_1:N
+ASM:/opt/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/asm_1:Y
FPRCTEMP:/opt/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1:Y
Thank you all.

Hm ... please have a look into ML-Note:337737.1 (I'm just mentioning the combinations with an 11g database) - I noticed that you don't have a RAC installation but nevertheless you'll have CSS running for your ASM instance.
CRS........ASM............DB......Certified
11.1_____11.1_____11.1_____Y
11.1.____10.2______11.1_____Y
11.1_____10.1.0.3__11.1_____Y
So upgrading the ASM instance first should solve this issue. Upgrading ASM means: you'll shutdown your database running in ASM and upgrade the ASM instance with the DBUA. It'll take just a few minutes because there's no data dictionary in ASM.
Kind regards
Mike
Edited by: Mike Dietrich on Aug 29, 2008 5:26 PM

Error in identifying control file; during startup, SOLVED

Virag_Sh: Thanks for your valuable inputs.
Oracle is not able to identify the control files on startup.
[oracle@localhost ~]$ sqlplus sys/change_on_install as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sat Jun 2 11:36:25 2007
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 88080384 bytes
Fixed Size 1217836 bytes
Variable Size 79694548 bytes
Database Buffers 4194304 bytes
Redo Buffers 2973696 bytes
ORA-00205: error in identifying control file, check alert log for more info
initTSH1.ora file contents:
CONTROL_FILES = ("/boot/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control1.ctl","/boot/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control2.ctl","/boot/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control3.ctl"
And here are the control files:
[oracle@localhost orcl]$ pwd
/boot/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl
[oracle@localhost orcl]$ ls -l | grep ctl
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 7061504 May 31 15:19 control01.ctl
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 7061504 May 31 15:19 control02.ctl
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 7061504 May 31 15:19 control03.ctl
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The new value is ((4MB * the number of cpus)/db_block_size)
Sat Jun 2 16:10:53 2007
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
Sat Jun 2 16:10:53 2007
System parameter db_block_buffers enabled without VLM on.
Cannot determine all dependent dynamic libraries for /proc/self/exe
Unable to find dynamic library libocr10.so in search paths
RPATH = /ade/aime1_build2101/oracle/has/lib/:/ade/aime1_build2101/oracle/lib/:/ade/aime1_build2101/oracle/has/lib/:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not set!
The default library directories are /lib and /usr/lib
Unable to find dynamic library libocrb10.so in search paths
Unable to find dynamic library libocrutl10.so in search paths
Unable to find dynamic library libocrutl10.so in search paths
LICENSE_MAX_SESSION = 0
LICENSE_SESSIONS_WARNING = 0
Picked latch-free SCN scheme 2
Using LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1 parameter default value as /boot/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/dbs/arch
Autotune of undo retention is turned off.
LICENSE_MAX_USERS = 0
SYS auditing is disabled
ksdpec: called for event 13740 prior to event group initialization
Starting up ORACLE RDBMS Version: 10.2.0.1.0.
System parameters with non-default values:
processes = 50
shared_pool_size = 54525952
control_files = /boot/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control01.ctl, /boot/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/dbs/;
db_block_buffers = 512
log_buffer = 2927616
log_checkpoint_interval = 10000
db_files = 80
db_file_multiblock_read_count= 8
global_names = TRUE
parallel_max_servers = 5
max_dump_file_size = 10240
db_name = DEFAULT
MMAN started with pid=4, OS id=7709
PMON started with pid=2, OS id=7705
PSP0 started with pid=3, OS id=7707
LGWR started with pid=6, OS id=7713
DBW0 started with pid=5, OS id=7711
RECO started with pid=9, OS id=7719
MMON started with pid=10, OS id=7721
MMNL started with pid=11, OS id=7723
SMON started with pid=8, OS id=7717
CKPT started with pid=7, OS id=7715
Sat Jun 2 16:11:01 2007
ALTER DATABASE MOUNT
Sat Jun 2 16:11:01 2007
ORA-00202: control file: '/boot/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/dbs/;'
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
Sat Jun 2 16:11:01 2007
ORA-205 signalled during: ALTER DATABASE MOUNT...
The error is here:
ORA-00202: control file: '/boot/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/dbs/;'
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
Don't know how is /boot/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/dbs/ directory getting added to while searching for the control file.
control files are located in directory: /boot/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control01.ctl
init.ora,initTSH1.ora and spfileTSH1.ora all have control file location as
/boot/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control01.ctl
[oracle@localhost dbs]$ cat spfileTSH1.ora
*.CONTROL_FILES='/boot/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control01.ctl',';'
*.db_block_buffers=100# SMALL
*.db_file_multiblock_read_count=8# SMALL
*.db_files=80# SMALL
*.db_name='DEFAULT'
*.global_names=TRUE
*.log_buffer=32768# SMALL
*.log_checkpoint_interval=10000
*.max_dump_file_size='10240'# limit trace file size to 5 Meg each
*.parallel_max_servers=5# SMALL
*.processes=50# SMALL
*.shared_pool_size=52132659
[oracle@localhost dbs]$
In init.ora
CONTROL_FILES = ("/boot/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control01.ctl","/boot/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control02.ctl","/boot/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control03.ctl");
In initTSH1.ora
# define two control files by default
CONTROL_FILES = ("/boot/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control01.ctl","/boot/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control02.ctl","/boot/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control03.ctl");
[oracle@localhost orcl]$ pwd
/boot/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl
[oracle@localhost orcl]$ ls -l | grep ctl
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 7061504 May 31 15:19 control01.ctl
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 7061504 May 31 15:19 control02.ctl
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 7061504 May 31 15:19 control03.ctl

Error in identifying control file

I have successfully moved or cloned a database, but having problem with the controfile creation.
Each time I run the create control file script and start the database, I get "ORA-00205: error in identifying control file".
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My question is when I run the following script, where is the control file saved?
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MAXLOGFILES 20
MAXLOGMEMBERS 4
MAXDATAFILES 22
MAXINSTANCES 2
MAXLOGHISTORY 292
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MAXLOGMEMBERS 4
MAXDATAFILES 22
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The part of the document I used is stated below as I just had to clean up my controlfile creation script:
It is important to delete everything above the "CREATE CONTROLFILE" and everything after the CHARACTER SET. Ensure you leave the semi colon. ";".In the above example we are choosing the NORESETLOGS option and running the database in archivelog mode. After successfully saving the script you are now able to recreate the controlfile. When shutting down the database ensure that you shutdown with the immediate option.

ORA-00205: error in identifying controlfile

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When im starting the oracle sever , im getting following message.
ORA-00205: error in identifying controlfile, check alert log for more info
In the alert log file ,
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Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
How can i solve this , please help me .
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