On Tue, 3 May 2005, Christian Antognini wrote: > The only thing I can think of is that your environment is not correctly > configured. > > How do you enter the "options"? Via parameters or interactively? (if you > post the complete output is always helpful...) $ uname -a Linux box.dom.com 2.6.9-5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jan 5 19:29:47 EST 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant) $ cat /etc/oratab *:/d02/app/oracle/product/10.1.0.3:N $ tnsping ADEV TNS Ping Utility for Linux: Version 10.1.0.3.0 - Production on 03-MAY-2005 09:39:09 Copyright (c) 1997, 2003, Oracle. All rights reserved. Used parameter files: Used TNSNAMES adapter to resolve the alias Attempting to contact (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = box.dom.com)(PORT = 1531)) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = ADEV))) $ emca STARTED EMCA at Tue May 03 09:44:34 EDT 2005 Enter the following information about the database to be configured Listener port number: 1531 Database SID: ADEV Service name: BOX.DOM.COM:1531:ADEV Email address for notification: Email gateway for notification: Password for dbsnmp: Password for sysman: Password for sys: ----------------------------------------------------------------- You have specified the following settings Database ORACLE_HOME ................ /d02/app/oracle/product/10.1.0.3 Enterprise Manager ORACLE_HOME ................ /d02/app/oracle/product/10.1.0.3 Database host name ................ box.dom.com Listener port number ................ 1531 Database SID ................ ADEV Service name ................ BOX.DOM.COM:1531:ADEV Email address for notification ............... Email gateway for notification ............... ----------------------------------------------------------------- Do you wish to continue? [yes/no]: yes May 3, 2005 9:44:57 AM oracle.sysman.emcp.EMConfig checkConfiguration SEVERE: Database instance unavailable. Fix the error(s) and run EM Configuration Assistant again in standalone mode. Could not complete the configuration. Refer to the log file for details Thanks -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l