1) Identify the database you wish to start using an environment variable (good old DOS)
c:\> set ORACLE_SID=SID1 c:\> svrmgrl You can also use LOCAL=SID1...It will override ORACLE_SID Both of these variables can also be set in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Oracle. LOCAL can be useful to 'hide' a remote database so that you don't have to specify 'connect user/passwd@remotedb' you can just 'connect user/pass' You can also set either at the System environment level using a right-click on My Computer / Properties / Environment using variable names LOCAL or ORACLE_SID It's good form to do a 'select * from V$database' after you connect to make sure you are working on the right database =8-0 2) A database can be opened by multiple instances when it's configured in an OPS (Oracle Parallel Server) environment. Not to sound 'flip' here but I wouldn't worry about OPS until you get your mind around how a single instance works :) OPS is now known as RAC - Real Application Clusters Cheers Jeff Herrick On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, john wrote: > Oracle 8i on NT4.0 > > via the Oracle Database Configuration Assistant create another > database. > ie create another database with its instance and by default the > db name and instance are same. say i proceed forward and create it. > so now the box would have 2 separate services... > OracleService<SID1> > OracleService<SID2> > > is that correct ? > question: > if yes then next if i would start the svrmgrl and do a startup then > which instance would be started ? is there a way to give the > startup command to get only a particular instance started ? > > Next, the docs mention that it is possible to have two or more > instance(s) associated with a given database. The above example > shows two separate database, each with its one unique database. > So how does one implement or have 2 instances for a given database > ? > can someone explain the difference between the two scenarios ? > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: john > 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: Jeff Herrick 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).