RMAN Active cloning successful, but spfile found to be missing

Question

Environment:
O.S Version :     HP-UX B.11.31 U ia64
Oracle DB Version :     11.2.0.3.0
     Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
Database files on : +ASM managed Diskgroups
RMAN Active cloning command below is used to clone the database from one host "A" to another host "B".
duplicate target database to testDB from active database nofilenamecheck ; Cloning completed successfully. But when i checked on the spfile existance the spfile found missing.
SQL> show parameter spfile
NAME                                 TYPE        VALUE
spfile                               string      /app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/db/dbs/spfiletestDB.oraWhat could be the cause for the spfile missing?
I have been advised below as workaround;
1. Create spfile or pfile from memory and bounce the db to fix this issue.
2. RMAN Active clone script specified with the the pfile clause.
For example.
duplicate target database to testDB  from active database file=/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/db/dbs/inittestDB.ora;  Would appreciate the advise on this.
Edited by: Sivaprasad S on Jan 31, 2013 5:13 PM

Answer 1

Hello;
What could be the cause for the spfile missing?
This :
duplicate target database to testDB from active database nofilenamecheckInstead of this :
duplicate target database to testDB from active database spfile nofilenamecheckSee :
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/backup.111/b28270/rcmdupdb.htm
Example 23-3
Please consider closing some of your old questions
Best Regards
mseberg