Connect idle instance

Hi all,
I am using Oracle 10.2.0.
How to connect an idle instance from client system using SQL*Plus.
Thankx

Thanks Amardeep,
I opened sql*plus and typed in user field as /nolog.
And did as:
SQL> connect as sys@db as sysdba;
SP2-0306: Invalid option.
Usage: CONN[ECT] [logon] [AS {SYSDBA|SYSOPER}]
where <logon> ::= <username>[<password>][@<connect_identifier>] | /.
I am getting error.
Is the correct process what i did.
Thanks

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EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
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user576726 wrote:
Hi,
I am working on Winodows XP.
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I am trying to connect to oracle database using sqlplus but it is giving me following error.
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SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Tue Aug 16 23:13:29 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2010, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=HPC1)(PORT=1521)))
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ORCL =
(DESCRIPTION =
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(DESCRIPTION =
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E:\oracle\ora102>sqlplus "/ as sysdba"
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production on Fri Apr 7 21:36:44 2006
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL>
My database is running according to the MMCDon't understand what is MMC ?
Nicolas.

Unable to Login to Idle Instance from SQL*Plus in windows

Hello,
I'm cloning the db from windows to windows enviornment. At auxilary instance after configuring the Listener and making Password file to right folder when I try to connect to Idle Instance through sql*plus by follwring connad
c:\sqlplus sys/password as sysdba
It gives me ORA-12518 Tns: Listener could not hand off client conenction error
Then I put the follwing parameter in listener.ora DIRECT_HANDOFF_TTC_LISTENER=OFF and restart listener and then try to connect it gives me Ora-12560: TNS protocol adapter error.
I try to connect through tnsnames but give me same error.
Kindly tell me how to resolve this issue as its not allowing me to connect to an idle instance so that I can go further.
I'm using 10gR2 on windows server 2003.
Regards,
Abbasi

follow the steps to clone database:
# 1. Backup the source database.
To use RMAN duplicate an RMAN backup of the source database is required. If there is already one available, skip to step 2. If not, here is a quick example of how to produce an RMAN backup. This example assumes that there is no recovery catalog available:
rman target sys@<source database> nocatalog
RMAN>backup database plus archivelog ;
RMAN> backup archivelog all;
This will backup the database and archive logs.
# 2. Produce a pfile for the new database
This step assumes that the source database is using a spfile. If that is not the case, simply make a copy the existing pfile.
Connect to the source database as sysdba and run the following:
create pfile='init<new database sid>.ora' from spfile;
This will create a new pfile in the $ORACLE_HOME/database directory.
The new pfile will need to be edited immediately. If the cloned database is to have a different name to the source, this will need to be changed, as will any paths. Review the contents of the file and make alterations as necessary.
Because in this example the cloned database will reside on the same machine as the source, Oracle must be told how convert the filenames during the RMAN duplicate operation. This is achieved by adding the following lines to the newly created pfile:
db_file_name_convert=(<source_db_path>,<target_db_path>)
log_file_name_convert=(<source_db_path>,<target_db_path>)
# 3. Create bdump, udump & cdump directories
Create bdump, udump & cdump directories as specified in the pfile
# 4. Create a service
c:/>oradim –new –sid <clonedatabasename> –intpwd <pwd>
eg:
c:>oradim –new –sid clonedb –intpwd oracle
# 6. Duplicate the database
From sqlplus, start the instance up in nomount mode:
startup nomount
Exit sqlplus, start RMAN and duplicate the database. As in step 1, it is assumed that no recovery catalog is available. If one is available, simply amend the RMAN command to include it.
rman target sys@<source_database> nocatalog auxiliary /
duplicate target database to <clone database name>;
thats it
For RMAN Cloning refer:
follow the documentation replace the destinations/locations with your location/folder/destination in source and target database.
http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_copy_clone_windows_database.htm
http://www.shutdownabort.com/quickguides/clone_rman.php
http://www.akadia.com/services/ora_duplicate_database_rman.html
for manual cloning in windows refer the link below:
http://coskan.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/adding-new-database-to-windows-without-dbca-or-rman-clone-or-rman-restore/

ASM resource online and ASM idle instance

Hi all,
SO..........: CentOS 5.8 32bits (VM - VirtualBox)
Oracle...: 11gR2 (11.2.0.1.0)
On my test environment, i have a VM running Oracle Clusterware and 2 11g instances. The problem is: The ASM service appears online (through ./crsctl status resource -t, see below), but when a try to connect to the ASM instance as sysasm, it shows me that the instance is idle, and if i try to startup it, the message "ORA-15149: another ASM instance found running on the host" is shown to me.
--output of ./crsctl status resource -t
NAME           TARGET STATE        SERVER                   STATE_DETAILS
Local Resources
ora.DATA.dg
               ONLINE ONLINE       vm-cent5
ora.DG_MANOBRA.dg
               ONLINE ONLINE       vm-cent5
ora.LISTENER.lsnr
               ONLINE ONLINE       vm-cent5
ora.asm
               ONLINE OFFLINE      vm-cent5                 Instance Shutdown
Cluster Resources
ora.auxdb.db
      1        ONLINE ONLINE       vm-cent5                 Open
ora.cssd
      1        ONLINE ONLINE       vm-cent5
ora.diskmon
      1        ONLINE ONLINE       vm-cent5 If i try to start the ora.asm resource through ./crtctl start, the following output is shown:
[root@VM-Cent5 bin]# ./crsctl start resource ora.asm
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.asm' on 'vm-cent5'
ORA-01012: not logged on
CRS-2674: Start of 'ora.asm' on 'vm-cent5' failed
CRS-2679: Attempting to clean 'ora.asm' on 'vm-cent5'
CRS-2681: Clean of 'ora.asm' on 'vm-cent5' succeeded
CRS-4000: Command Start failed, or completed with errors.I am probably doing something stupid, but i still could not see what i'm doing wrong.
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Just one thing that i saw in my recent tests. I restarted CRS (crsctl stop | start resource -all), and the asm service (ora.asm) was back online, both target and state, as you can see below:
[root@VM-Cent5 bin]# ./crsctl status resource -t
NAME           TARGET STATE        SERVER                   STATE_DETAILS
Local Resources
ora.DATA.dg
               ONLINE ONLINE       vm-cent5
ora.DG_MANOBRA.dg
               ONLINE ONLINE       vm-cent5
ora.LISTENER.lsnr
               ONLINE ONLINE       vm-cent5
ora.asm
               ONLINE ONLINE       vm-cent5                 Started
Cluster Resources
ora.auxdb.db
      1        ONLINE ONLINE       vm-cent5                 Open
ora.cssd
      1        ONLINE ONLINE       vm-cent5
ora.diskmon
      1        ONLINE ONLINE       vm-cent5                       ... but when i connect as sysasm using user oracle (sid +ASM), i see again the idle instance.

O10G idle instance

When I set oraenv to O10G and use sqlplus /nolog, connect / as sysdba, it always says Connected to an idle instance. However, when I do sqlplus sys/oracle@O10G as sysdba, I get connected to either O10G1. Is this normal or did I miss something?
Thanks

I am learning how to install and run oracle on linux.I have installed it on centOS 4.2 together with a startup general purpose database.I want to log in and I'm giving $sqlplus / as sysdba .It does not show anything about being connected to Oracle 10g but instead it brings up only 3lines 1. SQL*Plus Release info 2. Copyright info and 3.Connected to an idle instance .Thereafter it brings the sql prompt. A command startup pops two lines of errors after that. 1. Ora-01078: Failure in processing system parameters
2. LRM-00109: could not open parameter file '/oracle/10g/dbs/initrpc.ora'
rpc in initrpc is my SID, oracle is my base and oracle/10g is my home. I have set the necessary variables in /home/oracle/.bash_profile and parameters in sysctl.conf and refreshed the settings with /sbin/sysctl -p command.
Help.I am following a tutorial on http://www.dizwell.com/prod/node/50?page=0%2C4 and that's the page I am stuck on.

[svn:bz-trunk] 14143: Should have happened long time ago but deprecated idle-timeout-minutes in Servlet-based streaming channels and introduced connection-idle-timeout-minutes .

Revision: 14143
Revision: 14143
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2010-02-12 05:30:48 -0800 (Fri, 12 Feb 2010)
Log Message:
Should have happened long time ago but deprecated idle-timeout-minutes in Servlet-based streaming channels and introduced connection-idle-timeout-minutes. This way both Servlet-based and NIO-based channels have consistent timeout config.
QA: No - I already tested.
Doc: Yes - If we have references to idle-timeout-minutes in the doc, should be changed to connection-idle-timeout-minutes.
Checkintests: Pass
Modified Paths:
    blazeds/trunk/modules/core/src/flex/messaging/endpoints/BaseStreamingHTTPEndpoint.java
    blazeds/trunk/resources/config/services-config.xml

ls -l /var/run/lighttpd/
And how are you spawning the php instances? I don't see that in the daemons array anywhere.
EDIT: It looks like the info in that page is no longer using pre-spawned instances, but lighttpd adaptive-spawn. The documentation has been made inconsistent it looks like.
You will note that with pre-spawned information, the config looks different[1].
You need to do one or the other, not both (eg. choose adaptive-spawn, or pre-spawn..not both).
[1]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?tit … oldid=8051 "change"

Showing idle instance on xe

Hi,
my database is running fine . But it is showing as idle instance while connection as sysdba. I am able to connect using tnsentry .
how to fix this?
DB version: 10.2.0.1 experess edition -- Linux
Log
$sqlplus "/as sysdba"
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sat Sep 29 06:11:22 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> exit
Disconnected
$ echo $ORACLE_SID
XE
$sqlplus system@xe
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sat Sep 29 06:11:45 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Enter password:
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL>

user2017273 wrote:
Hi,
my database is running fine . But it is showing as idle instance while connection as sysdba. I am able to connect using tnsentry .
how to fix this?
DB version: 10.2.0.1 experess edition -- Linux
Log
$sqlplus "/as sysdba"
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sat Sep 29 06:11:22 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> exit
Disconnected
$ echo $ORACLE_SID
XE
$sqlplus system@xe
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sat Sep 29 06:11:45 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Enter password:
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL>with *NIX ORACLE_SID is CaseSensitive
"XE" does not equal "xe"

Agent Connection to Instance error in Oracle Database 11G EM

Hi
I am getting the following error message when logging into EM on Oracle 11G Database.
Failed to connect to database instance: ORA-12541: TNS:no listener (DBD ERROR: OCIServerAttach).
Users can connect to the database no problem and it shows the Database Instance down, Agent Connection to Instance failed. The General tab shows green and the database is up.
I have checked the emctl status and lsnrctl commands and the listener is up and servicing the database. I checked the ORACLE_SID environment (in Windows Server 2003) and this is correct.
I have recently changed the passwords for SYSMAN and DBNSMP which were due to expire and since then the EM console has not loaded correctly.
As I said the database is up and can service users through their application.
Any help would be appreciated.
Respect.

Hi
The listener is up and is handling the database and users are connecting succesfully. I think it is more to do with the Enterprise Manager.
Can anyone give me some further info to troubleshoot?
Regards
Spencer

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