If there is anyone with a 9.2 and a 10.1 home on windows on list, could you= see if the 9.2 dbca runs successfully. I get the following C:\oracle\ora92\bin>c:\oracle\ora92\bin\dbca Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: initializeCluster at oracle.ops.mgmt.nativesystem.WindowsSystem.initializeCluster(Win= dowsSystem.java:390) at oracle.ops.mgmt.cluster.GetActiveNodes.initializeCluster(GetActi= veNodes.java:260) at oracle.ops.mgmt.cluster.GetActiveNodes$ClusterWareThread.<init>(= Compiled Code) at oracle.ops.mgmt.cluster.GetActiveNodes.<init>(GetActiveNodes.jav= a:139) at oracle.ops.mgmt.cluster.GetActiveNodes.create(GetActiveNodes.jav= a:158) at at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.backend.Host.checkOPS(Host.java:18= 15) at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.backend.Host.<init>(Host.java:469) at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.ui.UIHost.<init>(UIHost.java:185) at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.ui.InteractiveHost.<init>(Interact= iveHost.java:54) at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.Dbca.getHost(Dbca.java:141) at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.Dbca.execute(Dbca.java:85) at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.Dbca.main(Dbca.java:161) ^CTerminate batch job (Y/N)? y which looks suspiciously as though some of the 10g stuff has got itself ins= talled to me.=20 cheers Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA Audit Commission +44 117 975 7805=20 ********************************************************************** This email contains information intended for the addressee only. It may be confidential and may be the subject of legal and/or professional privilege. Any dissemination, distribution, copyright or use of this communication without prior permission of the sender is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------