I looked in that note and recreated profile with all environment variables pointing to 11.2.0.3 installation but no avail. Still the same error. There isnt any mismatch in sqlplus.exe > sqlplus SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.3.0 Production on Wed Sep 18 15:23:56 2013 Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. Enter user-name: Just wondering if I've to do another fresh 11.2.0.3 installation, but not sure where is it reading from! On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Jeffrey Beckstrom <JBECKSTROM@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > check if the following applies: > Ora-00704,Ora-39700: Database Must Be Opened With Upgrade Option (Doc ID > 1349722.1) > > Jeffrey Beckstrom > Database Administrator > Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority > Information Systems > 1240 W. 6th Street > Cleveland, Ohio 44113 > > > >>> "MacGregor, Ian A." <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 9/18/13 2:46 PM >>> > Perhaps there is a problem with the compatibility setting in your > pfile/spfile, > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Saad Khan > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:33 AM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Error after 11.2.0.3 DB creation > > > ORA-01092: ORACLE instance terminated. Disconnection forced > ORA-00704: bootstrap process failure > ORA-39700: database must be opened with UPGRADE option Process ID: > 19464406 Session ID: 101 Serial number: 9 > > -- > > https://access.seg.att.com/redir/?ETjojvvsdETjLsQszAjo09Sf-vaAWs01M0iSAvOItIvVsYTvAmnC74nSnDPtPtoXo_OVVsxlK5L1jIvY-l9QU02roov76QmhNEVvpKztwSOUr1oQAq81GcqNd46KP-9EwhhVfHYOq80Upd45E_IVlwrDUvf5zZB0SyrhdETjLsQsIICVf0XL2Kv > > > > > > > . > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l