NID Utility

Question

Following :
How to Change the DBID, DBNAME Using NID Utility [ID 863800.1]
I would like to change the name of the DB from PSDWH to DSDWH
The note said:
Make sure that you have DB_OLD specified in the tnsnames.ora and listener is started.
    You can aslo check if you able to connect to the database using sqlplus :  
  $ sqlplus sys/<passowrd>@DB_OLDVerify connection to OLD database:
sqlplus sys/xxxxx@psdwh as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Thu Jan 27 17:28:27 2011
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Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
SQL> I opened the NEW database in MOUNT mode:
SQL> startup mount restrict
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 2667577344 bytes
Fixed Size                  2184656 bytes
Variable Size             654203440 bytes
Database Buffers         1996488704 bytes
Redo Buffers               14700544 bytes
Database mounted.
SQL> Then i run the nid command:
[asgard:oracle@dsdwh /software/oracle/DSDWH10gR2/dbs]$ nid TARGET=SYS/LIN45UX@PSDWH DBNAME=DSDWH
DBNEWID: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Thu Jan 27 17:24:29 2011
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Connected to database PSDWH (DBID=1620662674)
NID-00121: Database should not be open                      <<<<<<=============
Change of database name failed during validation - database is intact.
DBNEWID - Completed with validation errors.        Any suggestion . As far as i am remember its OK that the TARGET (e.g:PSDWH in my case ) should be up and running ?
Thanks

Answer 1

Following works with 10.2.0.4 EE on EOL 5.2:
[oracle@lx01 dbs]$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Thu Jan 27 19:25:31 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle.  All Rights Reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
SQL> shutdown immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> startup mount exclusive;
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area  285212672 bytes
Fixed Size                  1267068 bytes
Variable Size              92277380 bytes
Database Buffers          188743680 bytes
Redo Buffers                2924544 bytes
Database mounted.
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@lx01 dbs]$ nid target=/ dbname=DB102 setname=y
DBNEWID: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Thu Jan 27 19:27:02 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
Connected to database NDB102 (DBID=915559637)
Connected to server version 10.2.0
Control Files in database:
    +DATA/cf1.ctl
    +DATA/cf2.ctl
Change database name of database NDB102 to DB102? (Y/[N]) => Y
Proceeding with operation
Changing database name from NDB102 to DB102
    Control File +DATA/cf1.ctl - modified
    Control File +DATA/cf2.ctl - modified
    Datafile +DATA/db102/datafile/system.257.740787623 - wrote new name
    Datafile +DATA/db102/datafile/undotbs1.258.740787655 - wrote new name
    Datafile +DATA/db102/datafile/sysaux.259.740787681 - wrote new name
    Datafile +DATA/db102/datafile/users.256.740787419 - wrote new name
    Datafile +DATA/db102/tempfile/temp.265.740788819 - wrote new name
    Control File +DATA/cf1.ctl - wrote new name
    Control File +DATA/cf2.ctl - wrote new name
    Instance shut down
Database name changed to DB102.
Modify parameter file and generate a new password file before restarting.
Succesfully changed database name.
DBNEWID - Completed succesfully.
[oracle@lx01 dbs]$My database is using ASM but that should not matter. My Listener is also stopped.
Try to stop your listener and just use target=/ to connect to instance:
export ORACLE_SID=PSDWH
nid target=/ DBNAME=DSDWH setname=yEdited by: P. Forstmann on 27 janv. 2011 19:42