Did I miss, to say that you need to create initfile, create all the folders in admin folder, like bdump,cdump,create,udump and pfile. create initORACLE_SID.ora in that by providing controlfile. create controlfile command. Create password file with orapwd command. Hope all set to go now. regards - chirag On 9/29/05, Chirag DBA <chiragdba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > No Problem. U have all the datafiles including system. > If it is windows, create a service with any name, either the ORACLE_SID > you have in yr files, if you know the SID and wanna create with the same, or > the new SID u want to create with. > Hey, U should have the SID as you said you have the controlfile from the > trace. > Create the service. > startup nomount. > Create controlfile with the changes , I mean location of datafiles and > redo log files. > alter database open ; > U r ready to go...!!! Let me know if you want anything more than > this...!!! > Regards - Chirag > > On 9/29/05, J. Dex <cemail_219@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I have received an OS backup from another server. I don't have an init > > and > > the only controlfile I have is a controlfile from trace from a clone > > (with a > > different SID name) of the original database. Is there a way to get the > > original database going on this new server without the init and > > controlfile > > from the original (especially since I don't have the ORACLE_SID info and > > > > system password for the original)? > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > >