I tried to start the listener and do a dbstart, but it looks like it is still saying "Oracle Not available". Maybe the dbstart didn't work. Any suggestions would help me.
[user@fedora16 bin]$ echo $ORACLE_HOME
/home/user/app/user/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1
[user@fedora16 bin]$ echo $ORACLE_SID
orcl
[user@fedora16 bin]$ cat $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/listener.ora
# listener.ora Network Configuration File: /home/user/app/user/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/listener.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
orcl =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1521))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1521))
)
)
ADR_BASE_LISTENER = /home/user/app/user/product/11.2.0
[user@fedora16 bin]$ cat $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/sqlnet.ora
# sqlnet.ora Network Configuration File: /home/user/app/user/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/sqlnet.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES, EZCONNECT)
ADR_BASE = /home/user/app/user/product/11.2.0
[user@fedora16 bin]$ dbstart $ORACLE_HOME
[user@fedora16 ~]$ lsnrctl start orcl
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production on 04-MAR-2012 09:04:19
Copyright (c) 1991, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Starting /home/user/app/user/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/bin/tnslsnr: please wait...
TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
System parameter file is /home/user/app/user/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/listener.ora
Log messages written to /home/user/app/user/product/11.2.0/diag/tnslsnr/fedora16/orcl/alert/log.xml
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=EXTPROC1521)))
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=127.0.0.1)(PORT=1521)))
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC1521)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
------------------------
Alias orcl
Version TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
Start Date 04-MAR-2012 09:04:19
Uptime 0 days 0 hr. 0 min. 0 sec
Trace Level off
Security ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP OFF
Listener Parameter File /home/user/app/user/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/listener.ora
Listener Log File /home/user/app/user/product/11.2.0/diag/tnslsnr/fedora16/orcl/alert/log.xml
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=EXTPROC1521)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=127.0.0.1)(PORT=1521)))
The listener supports no services
The command completed successfully
[user@fedora16 bin]$ ps -ef | grep '\(ora\|smon\|lsnr\)'
user 2405 1 0 08:46 ? 00:00:00 /home/user/app/user/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/bin/tnslsnr orcl -inherit
user 2553 1611 0 08:49 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto \(ora\|smon\|lsnr\)
[user@fedora16 bin]$ sqlplus
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Sun Mar 4 08:46:29 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Enter user-name: scott
Enter password:
ERROR:
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
Linux-x86_64 Error: 2: No such file or directory
Process ID: 0
Session ID: 0 Serial number: 0
Best Answer
dbstart
will only start databases that have the third parameter in theoratab
file set toY
. Check the value in that file.You also don't need to pass theORACLE_HOME
as an argument; not sure if you actually meant to pass the SID, but anyway, the home is taken from theoratab
too.The script itself says that it should only be executed as part of the system boot procedure, e.g. from a script run during boot from an
/etc/rc*.d
directory. The$ORACLE_HOME
parameter that's passed in is only used to start the listener; the home for each database is taken fromoratab
.According to the documentation,
dbstart
is deprecated in favour of Oracle Restart (in non-RAC environments) in 11g Release 2; I guess that means you should usecrsctl start has
to start the listener and database from then. That also uses the thirdoratab
value to decide whether to start the database.