Deprecated parameter when enabling archivelog

Question

Hi all,
11gR1
I want to enable archivelog. So I set the ff:
SQL> alter system set log_archive_start=TRUE scope=spfile;
System altered.
SQL> alter system set log_archive_dest_1='location=c:\oracle\apexdb\archivelog' scope=spfile;
System altered.
SQL> shutdown immediate;
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> startup
ORA-32004: obsolete and/or deprecated parameter(s) specified
ORACLE instance started.
Why is this obsolete error? and which parameter is obsolete? the log_archive_dest_1?
Thanks....

Answer 1

867699 wrote:
Hi,
I'm a beginner. I've gone through this thread. But i have a doubt. I don't have an Sp file ..how can i fix it with only p file.
Pls help.
ThnksThen you don't need the step to create a pfile from spfile. You are starting with the pfile, just as if you had created it from spfile.
But after making the correction in your pfile, you really should make an spfile and start using it instead.
1) make a backup copy of the pfile
2) make whatever modifications you need to the pfile
3) set ORACLE_SID
4) sqlplus / as sysdba
5) create spfile from pfile='nameofyourpfile';
6) startup
All this can be done from an idle instance - no need to be bouncing around from nomount, mount, startup, etc. See this:
First, the contents of my dbs directory. Notice the init file initHOUSTON.ora, but there is no spfile (I renamed it to spfileHOUSTON.bak to get it out of the way)
[oracle@vmlnx01 dbs]$ pwd
/ora00/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/dbs
[oracle@vmlnx01 dbs]$ ls -l
total 6960
-rw-rw---- 1 oracle oinstall    1544 May 21 18:56 hc_HOUSTON.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall   12920 May  3  2001 initdw.ora
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall    1691 Jun 22 15:00 initHOUSTON.ora
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall    8385 Sep 11  1998 init.ora
-rw-rw---- 1 oracle oinstall      24 May 21 18:56 lkHOUSTON
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall    1536 Jun 21 10:59 orapwHOUSTON
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 7061504 May 22 18:49 snapcf_HOUSTON.f
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall    4608 Jun 22 11:56 spfileHOUSTON.bakSo check ORACLE_SID
[oracle@vmlnx01 dbs]$ echo $ORACLE_SID
HOUSTONThen connect as sysdba. Notice we connect to an idle instance, meaning we know it is HOUSTON, but it is not started, not even to NOMOUNT
[oracle@vmlnx01 dbs]$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Wed Jun 22 15:13:41 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle.  All Rights Reserved.
Connected to an idle instance.and in this idle instance we can go ahead and create the spfile. No need to be in NOMOUNT or MOUNT
SQL> create spfile from pfile='initHOUSTON.ora';
File created.shell out and see the directory to confirm we create the spfile
SQL> !ls -l
total 6968
-rw-rw---- 1 oracle oinstall    1544 May 21 18:56 hc_HOUSTON.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall   12920 May  3  2001 initdw.ora
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall    1691 Jun 22 15:00 initHOUSTON.ora
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall    8385 Sep 11  1998 init.ora
-rw-rw---- 1 oracle oinstall      24 May 21 18:56 lkHOUSTON
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall    1536 Jun 21 10:59 orapwHOUSTON
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 7061504 May 22 18:49 snapcf_HOUSTON.f
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall    4608 Jun 22 11:56 spfileHOUSTON.bak
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall    4608 Jun 22 15:13 spfileHOUSTON.oraNow, from the idle instance do a full startup
SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area  285212672 bytes
Fixed Size    1267068 bytes
Variable Size  155191940 bytes
Database Buffers  125829120 bytes
Redo Buffers    2924544 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.and check that we used the spfile we just created
SQL> show parameter spfile
NAME     TYPE VALUE
spfile     string /ora00/app/oracle/product/10.2
.0/db_1/dbs/spfileHOUSTON.ora
SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
[oracle@vmlnx01 dbs]$ exit
logout