ORA-01991: invalid password file

Question

I used producation backup file to restore in development side... but I get the following errors:
RMAN> restore controlfile from "E:\RMAN\C-922101420-20090628-01.BCK";
Starting restore at 29-JUN-09
using target database controlfile instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=14 devtype=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring controlfile
channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete
replicating controlfile
input filename=C:\ORACLE\ORADATA\HUBDB\CONTROL01.CTL
output filename=C:\ORACLE\ORADATA\HUBDB\CONTROL02.CTL
output filename=C:\ORACLE\ORADATA\HUBDB\CONTROL03.CTL
Finished restore at 29-JUN-09
RMAN> startup mount;
database is already started
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of startup command at 06/29/2009 15:57:11
ORA-01991: invalid password file 'C:\oracle\ora92\DATABASE\PWDhubdb.ORA'
I don't have any ideas?
Amy

Answer 1

Dear Amy!
Symptom:
When trying to open (or mount) a database the following error is generated:
ORA-01991: invalid password file '...PWDOrcl.ora'Where ‘Orcl’ is the SID of the database instance.
Cause:
Typically some corruption of the password file, or possibly the password file is for another database instance?
Possible Remedies:
If encountered when creating the database then it is because Oracle expects to create the password file but it already exists. In this instance database creation will have failed. Delete the password file and try again.
If it is suspected that the password file is corrupt then try deleting it and recreating it:
1. Delete the existing password file.
2.Create a new/replacement password file:
orapwd file=<path>\PWD<sid>.ora password=oracleUse the same path as given in the Oracle error. The password specified will be the new internal password.
Yours sincerely
Florian W.