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 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l