Database creation having a trace of the control file

Question

Hi,
I want to move a database from one server let's say A to another server let's say B I have a copy of all the datafiles, redo logs, control files and init file of the database fron the server A. I have a trace of the control file.
I copied all these files on the server B in the location /dispecer_date/oradata, except init which is in ORACLE_HOME/dbs
I thought that the simplest method to recreate the database is from the backup of the control file writing in sql the command CREATE CONTROLFILE how is written in trace and replacing the word REUSE with the word SET in CREATE CONTROLFILE instruction.
I obtained an error:
ORA-01503: Create controlfile failed
ORA-01160: file is not a data file
ORA-01110: datafile: '/dispecer_date/oradata/system.dbf'
Why? The db_block_size parameter is 4096.
Thank you,
Mihaela

Answer 1

Here are the steps .....
sql > shutdown immediate ;
create identical dir structure on server b
copy all datafile,controlfile,redologfiles and pfile to target server ,And put them in same dir as of source.
now on taget server
sql > startup mountpfile = path of the pfile
sql > alter database opn
or
sql > alter database open resetlogs ;
this will do the trick, I don;t think recreating the controlfile is a good option hare , becuse you likly to loose some data if you stick on that one.
hare krishna
Alok