Startup upgrade problem

Question

Hi,
Trying to upgrade manually from 10204 to 11202 :
cat /etc/oratab
+ASM:/u01/app/11.2.0/grid:N             # line added by Agent
dudwh:/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/DUDWH11gR2:NStart the db in upgrade mode:
SQL> startup UPGRADE
ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
LRM-00109: could not open parameter file '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/DUDWH11gR2/dbs/initDummySid.ora'The init.ora file exists and i gave it 777 permission
$ ls -l /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/DUDWH11gR2/dbs/initdudwh.ora
-rwxrwxrwx  1 oracle dba 4083 ׳׳₪׳¨  6 20:30 /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/DUDWH11gR2/dbs/initdudwh.ora*When i specifiy the full path its start with out problem :
SQL> startup UPGRADE pfile='/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/DUDWH11gR2/dbs/initdudwh.ora'
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 3206836224 bytes
Fixed Size                  2230768 bytes
Variable Size             721421840 bytes
Database Buffers         2466250752 bytes
Redo Buffers               16932864 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.What could be the reason ?
Thanks

Answer 1

Thanks .
$ id
uid=130(oracle) gid=400(dba) groups=400(dba),401(dbgroup),500(oinstall)
$ env | sort
ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/DUDWH11gR2
ORACLE_SID=DummySid <<<<<<=====
The manual upgrade to 11gr2 does not mention setting of ORACLE_SID
Step 28
If your operating system is UNIX then complete this step, else skip to next Step.
1. Make sure the following environment variables point to the Oracle 11g Release directories:
- ORACLE_BASE
- ORACLE_HOME
- PATH
$ export ORACLE_HOME=<location of Oracle 11.2>
$ export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
$ export ORACLE_BASE=<Oracle_Base set during installation>Note
Thanks