It figures...*after* I sent this message, I figured out my problem. I'm not too sure what I did, but after playing with EM a bit, I was able to start the database. I watched the messages in the alert log and saw that the database SID was different from what I was using...it had an _1 added to it. When I used set my ORACLE_SID to the other value, I was able to connect via sqlplus. I think it's time for a vacation.... - Maureen Maureen English wrote: > I'm having trouble stopping and starting a new database, both manually > and with Enterprise > Manager Database Control. > > We have a 4 node linux system with the Grid Infrastructure installed and > we're using ASM. I > installed the RAC One Node rdbms software and then created a RAC One > Node database yesterday, > but I'm unable to connect to it from the local machine unless I use > sqlplus myid@DBID instead > of just sqlplus myid. This is true even when I'm connected as oracle. > > I was able to shutdown the database manually, but now I can't start it > up. I get the following > error: > >> SQL> startup >> ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters >> LRM-00109: could not open parameter file >> '/u01/app/oracle/product/rel112020/dbs/initDBA1.ora' > > I'm sure this has something to do with the spfile being stored > differently with ASM. > > When I try to use Enterprise Manager Database Control to stop or start > the database, I get errors > that I don't have permission to do this. The files I don't have > permission on are owned by oracle, > with no group or other privileges. I'm logging in to my own account > from EM, not the oracle account, > since I don't have the password for the oracle account. My id belongs > to the same groups as the > oracle user, but that doesn't help when the files have no group > permissions. > > I know I'm missing something, but I'm not completely sure what that is, > maybe environment variables.... > I've been reading through the ASM and RAC and Database Administrator > manuals, but nothing I've found > yet seems to resolve my problem(s). > > Any suggestions? > > - Maureen > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l