How to rename a database

Hello Gurus,
Due to some reason I need to rename my database.Can anybody tell me how to rename a database.
Secondly,What should be the criteria to fix the size of archive log.i.e.What should we keep in mind while deciding the size of archive log?
Thanx

For the first question:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=oracle+rename+database&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
With regards to the archive logs, these are needed to recover your backed up datafiles. So, what you keep is largely determined by your backup strategy. Check out:
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14220/backrec.htm#sthref2338

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and the following steps are followed....
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Find the line reading # Set #2. RESETLOGS case
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sqlnet.authentication_services=(NTS)
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SQL*Plus: Release 9.0.1.0.1 - Production on Fri Dec 9 20:28:18 2005
(c) Copyright 2001 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
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ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
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SP2-0640: Not connected
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How to rename a Database - 10g

Hello Experts,
Can anyone please provide me all steps to rename a stand alone database. Any pointers would be of much help.
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Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Keyword Description (Default)
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easy way to clone database
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Edited by: 850512 on Apr 7, 2011 1:18 AM
Edited by: 850512 on Apr 7, 2011 1:22 AM

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could somebody advise how to run correct next operation:
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2) remove from db file all secondary indexes with DbEnv::dbremove
3) rename db file with DbEnv::dbrename
4) create primary db
5) create once again all secondary indexes and associate them with primary db
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Hi,
Your question has two possible cases:
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2. A file contains several secondary indexes of main DB, another file contains the main DB.
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hi,
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CHETAN YADAV wrote:
hi,
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SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production on Thu Aug 26 11:33:04 2010
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
SQL> select name from v$database;
NAME
TEST
SQL> alter database backup controlfile to trace as 'c:\c.txt' reuse;
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SQL> shutdown immediate;
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ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> startup nomount pfile='D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\admin\TEST\pfile\init
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Variable Size              62916628 bytes
Database Buffers           67108864 bytes
Redo Buffers                7098368 bytes
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3      MAXLOGMEMBERS 3
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5      MAXINSTANCES 8
6      MAXLOGHISTORY 292
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Please help

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I have two databases called Q1 and Q2. I am planning to copy from a cold backup files from Q1 to Q2 database.
could anybody will provide the steps involved in how to copy from one database to another and how to rename the target database after copying and renaming the files in the target database to up and run?
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2013/12/18/how-to-rename-search-service-application-databases-on-the-same-server.aspx
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Startup.
I have taken a backup at Tuesdaay 1AM and I have archive logs also.
On Wednesday, I want to Create a new database on another server with the available cold backup files and archive logs. I want to recover the database upto 4PM Wednesday. How can I do this.
I am not using control file auto backup or control file backup to trace.
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Is there anyway to rename a database using Oracle 9i on Linux?
Thanks

You can also use the nid utility. This is from windows, there should be one on linux aswell - check the documentation on how to use it.
C:\>nid
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Copyright (c) 1995, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved
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how can database be renamed. i m using oracle10g.

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