Error while enabling Archivelog mode

Question

There occurs an error while performing startup mount for enabling archive log mode in Windows.
Below are the steps followed:
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Dec 20 16:49:14 2010
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Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
SQL> disconnect;
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
SQL> connect sys@epm11 as sysdba;
Enter password: ********
Connected.
SQL> archive log list;
Database log mode No Archive Mode
Automatic archival Disabled
Archive destination D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\flash_recovery_area
Oldest online log sequence 9
Current log sequence 11
SQL> show parameter recovery_file_dest;
NAME TYPE VALUE
db_recovery_file_dest string D:\oracle\product\10.2.0/flash
recoveryarea
db_recovery_file_dest_size big integer 2G
SQL> alter system set log_archive_dest_1='location=D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\flash_recovery_area' sco
pe=spfile;
System altered.
SQL> show parameter log_archive_dest_1;
NAME TYPE VALUE
log_archive_dest_1 string location=D:\oracle\product\10.
2.0\flash_recovery_area
log_archive_dest_10 string
SQL> alter system set log_archive_start=true scope=spfile;
System altered.
SQL> show parameter LOG_ARCHIVE_START;
NAME TYPE VALUE
log_archive_start boolean TRUE
SQL> shutdown immediate;
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> startup mount;
ORA-24324: service handle not initialized
ORA-01041: internal error. hostdef extension doesn't exist
Oracle version information is
SQL> select * from v$version;
BANNER
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Prod
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE 10.2.0.1.0 Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.1.0 – Production
Please let me know how to resolve this error.
Regards
Swathi.

Answer 1

Hi,
Add archive log_archive_dest_1 D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\flash_recovery_area in pfile and then try to start the database.
Also check alert_log for more information.
Added the below info in pfile
log_archive_dest_1='location=D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\flash_recovery_area'
log_archive_start=TRUE
and then performed the process but the same error is giving.
SQL> startup mount;
ORA-24324: service handle not initialized
ORA-01041: internal error. hostdef extension doesn't exist
And i have checked the alert log which is at location D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\admin\EPM11\bdump
Below information is displayed in the alert log:
Tue Dec 21 12:07:15 2010
Starting background process EMN0
EMN0 started with pid=19, OS id=7500
Tue Dec 21 12:07:15 2010
Shutting down instance: further logons disabled
Tue Dec 21 12:07:15 2010
Stopping background process QMNC
Tue Dec 21 12:07:16 2010
Stopping background process CJQ0
Tue Dec 21 12:07:17 2010
Stopping background process MMNL
Tue Dec 21 12:07:18 2010
Stopping background process MMON
Tue Dec 21 12:07:19 2010
Shutting down instance (immediate)
License high water mark = 16
Tue Dec 21 12:07:19 2010
Stopping Job queue slave processes
Tue Dec 21 12:07:19 2010
Job queue slave processes stopped
All dispatchers and shared servers shutdown
Tue Dec 21 12:07:27 2010
ALTER DATABASE CLOSE NORMAL
Tue Dec 21 12:07:28 2010
SMON: disabling tx recovery
SMON: disabling cache recovery
Tue Dec 21 12:07:28 2010
Shutting down archive processes
Archiving is disabled
Archive process shutdown avoided: 0 active
Thread 1 closed at log sequence 12
Successful close of redo thread 1
Tue Dec 21 12:07:29 2010
Completed: ALTER DATABASE CLOSE NORMAL
Tue Dec 21 12:07:29 2010
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
Dump file d:\oracle\product\10.2.0/admin/epm11/bdump\alert_epm11.log
Tue Dec 21 12:20:46 2010
ORACLE V10.2.0.1.0 - Production vsnsta=0
vsnsql=14 vsnxtr=3
Windows XP Version V5.1 Service Pack 3
CPU : 2 - type 586, 2 Physical Cores
Process Affinity : 0x00000000
Memory (Avail/Total): Ph:1439M/3062M, Ph+PgF:5441M/6994M, VA:1940M/2047M
Tue Dec 21 12:20:46 2010
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
LICENSE_MAX_SESSION = 0
LICENSE_SESSIONS_WARNING = 0
Picked latch-free SCN scheme 2
Autotune of undo retention is turned on.
IMODE=BR
ILAT =18
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 = 150
__shared_pool_size = 201326592
__large_pool_size = 4194304
__java_pool_size = 4194304
__streams_pool_size = 0
spfile = D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\DB_1\DBS\SPFILEEPM11.ORA
sga_target = 612368384
control_files = D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\EPM11\CONTROL01.CTL, D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\EPM11\CONTROL02.CTL, D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\EPM11\CONTROL03.CTL
db_block_size = 8192
__db_cache_size = 394264576
compatible = 10.2.0.1.0
log_archive_start = TRUE
log_archive_dest_1 = location=D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\flash_recovery_area
db_file_multiblock_read_count= 16
db_recovery_file_dest = D:\oracle\product\10.2.0/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=EPM11XDB)
job_queue_processes = 10
audit_file_dest = D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ADMIN\EPM11\ADUMP
background_dump_dest = D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ADMIN\EPM11\BDUMP
user_dump_dest = D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ADMIN\EPM11\UDUMP
core_dump_dest = D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ADMIN\EPM11\CDUMP
db_name = EPM11
open_cursors = 300
pga_aggregate_target = 203423744
Deprecated system parameters with specified values:
log_archive_start
End of deprecated system parameter listing
PMON started with pid=2, OS id=1188
PSP0 started with pid=3, OS id=5800
MMAN started with pid=4, OS id=6212
DBW0 started with pid=5, OS id=3920
LGWR started with pid=6, OS id=496
CKPT started with pid=7, OS id=5008
SMON started with pid=8, OS id=692
RECO started with pid=9, OS id=2924
CJQ0 started with pid=10, OS id=1840
MMON started with pid=11, OS id=5520
MMNL started with pid=12, OS id=5212
Tue Dec 21 12:20:47 2010
starting up 1 dispatcher(s) for network address '(ADDRESS=(PARTIAL=YES)(PROTOCOL=TCP))'...
starting up 1 shared server(s) ...
Tue Dec 21 12:20:47 2010
alter database mount exclusive
Tue Dec 21 12:20:51 2010
Setting recovery target incarnation to 2
Tue Dec 21 12:20:51 2010
Successful mount of redo thread 1, with mount id 3057552735
Tue Dec 21 12:20:51 2010
Database mounted in Exclusive Mode
Completed: alter database mount exclusive
Tue Dec 21 12:20:51 2010
alter database open
Tue Dec 21 12:20:51 2010
Thread 1 opened at log sequence 12
Current log# 2 seq# 12 mem# 0: D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\EPM11\REDO02.LOG
Successful open of redo thread 1
Tue Dec 21 12:20:51 2010
MTTR advisory is disabled because FAST_START_MTTR_TARGET is not set
Tue Dec 21 12:20:52 2010
SMON: enabling cache recovery
Tue Dec 21 12:20:52 2010
Successfully onlined Undo Tablespace 1.
Tue Dec 21 12:20:52 2010
SMON: enabling tx recovery
Tue Dec 21 12:20:52 2010
Database Characterset is WE8MSWIN1252
replication_dependency_tracking turned off (no async multimaster replication found)
Starting background process QMNC
QMNC started with pid=16, OS id=6268
Tue Dec 21 12:21:00 2010
db_recovery_file_dest_size of 2048 MB is 0.00% 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.
Tue Dec 21 12:21:00 2010
Completed: alter database open
Please provide me solution.
Regards
Swathi.