Hi, The are lots of advantages to having the standalone GI (Oracle Restart) even if you do not have ASM. It automates the database and listener startup for you and monitors them and re-starts (if it can) if they crash. It lets you run the same command set as on a cluster. If I can find a way to make the GUI display, then I will do it interactively. Regards Pete On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Peter, > > I've had an unusual day, in the past 24 hours, so, maybe the brain isn't > firing on all cylinders...but: > If this is a standalone server, and you're not using ASM, what's the purpose > of installing a GI home in the first place? > > I would try walking through the steps interactively, and see if that works? > Then try putting those responses in a .rsp file, > > -Mark -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l