Second instance RAC startup problem

Question

Oracle 9.2.0.4 on RH AS 2.1.
I have started up the node1 instance well.
I have added the second thread (and second tablespace) for instance 2 (in node2).
SQL> alter database add logfile thread 2
2 '/opt/orafiles/test/redo03.log' size 10m,
3 '/opt/orafiles/test/redo04.log' size 10m;
SQL> alter database enable public thread 2;
But whe I try to startup the instance 2 (in node2) I get the following error;
SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 131143096 bytes
Fixed Size 452024 bytes
Variable Size 92274688 bytes
Database Buffers 37748736 bytes
Redo Buffers 667648 bytes
Database mounted.
ORA-00305: log 3 of thread 2 inconsistent; belongs to another database
ORA-00312: online log 3 thread 2: '/opt/orafiles/test/redo03.log'
Any idea?

Answer 1

How did you create the 2nd instance? If you go through the DBCA and add an instance to the RAC database, then you can create your redo log files there.
Just from the information provided, it looks like you're trying to start the 2nd instance using redo logs that belong to the RAC database (and the 2nd instance isn't part of the RAC database)...but I can't see what you did before the add logfile action.