Thanks to those (Venkat, Rajendra and Yen-Wee) who replied. Problem has been resolved.
Solution : * Has to use CREATE CONTROLFILE SET DATABASE "TEST" RESETLOGS ARCHIVELOG * I forgot to delete old control files. Thank you so much. Regds, New Bee -----Original Message----- From: Choudhary Rajendra (TTL_LKO) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 4:08 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Is it possible to copy one db to another if the SID is differ Hi, You have to recreate the controlfile as "CREATE CONTROLFILE SET DATABASE "TEST" RESETLOGS ARCHIVELOG". The new database name will be TEST . Pl ensure that the old control files are deleted before recereating the controlfile . Regards Rajendra -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 12:43 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L different Hi, Qn : Is it possible to copy one database to another if the source database name is different from the target database name ? I need to clone Oracle Applications 11I from one machine (source instance:PROD) to another (target instance:TEST). I followed the instructions on Metalink doc 135792.1 "Cloning Oracle Applications Release 11I". Everything works fine until I re-create the controlfile in the target instance. In svrmgrl => STARTUP NOMOUNT CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE DATABASE "TEST" RESETLOGS ARCHIVELOG MAXLOGFILES 16 MAXLOGMEMBERS 2 MAXDATAFILES 500 MAXINSTANCES 1 MAXLOGHISTORY 453 LOGFILE GROUP 1 ( '/dg3/oracle/testredo/log01a.dbf', '/dg4/oracle/testredo/log01b.dbf' ) SIZE 10M .... DATAFILE '/dg7/oracle/testdata/system01.dbf', '/dg7/oracle/testdata/system02.dbf', ... '/dg8/oracle/testdata/ctxd01.dbf', ................. CHARACTER SET US7ASCII CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE DATABASE "TEST" RESETLOGS ARCHIVELOG * ORA-01503: CREATE CONTROLFILE failed ORA-01161: database name PROD in file header does not match given name of TEST Any advice ? Thanks. (Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Regds, New Bee -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: CHAN Chor Ling Catherine (CSC) INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Choudhary Rajendra (TTL_LKO) INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: CHAN Chor Ling Catherine (CSC) INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).