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