How to Replace OPatch
In this post, I'm trying to design the best practice to replace the old OPatch utility with the new one, either in single-instance or RAC… Read More »How to Replace OPatch
Single-Instance Database
How to Resolve ORA-32002: cannot create SPFILE already being used by the instance
ORA-32002 Tried to restore the server parameter (SPFILE) to the default location from a parameter file (PFILE), but it failed with ORA-32002 like this. SQL>… Read More »How to Resolve ORA-32002: cannot create SPFILE already being used by the instance
How to Resolve ORA-29760: instance_number parameter not specified
ORA-29760 ORA-29760: instance_number parameter not specified means that Oracle cannot find any INSTANCE_NUMBER for given instance names in the parameter file to startup the instance.… Read More »How to Resolve ORA-29760: instance_number parameter not specified
How to Build Asymmetric Standby Database for Data Guard
Asymmetric Data Guard Usually we build data guard environments with the symmetric architecture design on primary and standby servers, that is, single-instance to single-instance or… Read More »How to Build Asymmetric Standby Database for Data Guard
How to Resolve ORA-00304: requested INSTANCE_NUMBER is busy
Srvctl Start Database ORA-00304 Saw some errors when I tried to startup a cluster database by srvctl. [oracle@primary01 ~]$ srvctl start database -d compdb PRCR-1079… Read More »How to Resolve ORA-00304: requested INSTANCE_NUMBER is busy