Has anyone pointed out that the correct syntax of the command is CREATE PFILE = 'my_init.ora' FROM SPFILE = 's_params.ora'; HTH -- Mark D Powell -- -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ruth Gramolini Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 2:08 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status 27037, 00000, "unable to obtain file status" // *Cause: stat system call returned an error, additional information // indicates which function encountered the error // *Action: check errno Did you check the accompanying error message? What was it? Regards, Ruth -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of jaysingh1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 10:46 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status Hi All, I am trying to create PFILE for my ASM instance and getting the following error. Could someone shed some light on this? [oracle@rac1pub bdump]$ export ORACLE_SID=+ASM1 [oracle@rac1pub bdump]$ sqlplus /nolog SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production on Sat Aug 21 10:34:04 2004 Copyright (c) 1982, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. SQL> connect / as sysdba Connected. SQL> select instance_name from v$instance; INSTANCE_NAME ---------------- +ASM1 SQL> create pfile from spfile; create pfile from spfile * ERROR at line 1: ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory Additional information: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------