Oracle8i on WinNT - renaming disc drives
List hi! Oracle 8.1.7 on WinNT. Our Windows guys want to rename disc drives for some administration reasons. I'm really in UNIX so I'm wondering could you give me some advices on this matter. As far as I know, I have to recreate control files, with new drives. Is there anything else I should do? Some Windows stuff? TIA, Sonja -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Sonja_=A9ehovi=E6?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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).
Re: Oracle8i on WinNT - renaming disc drives
Sonja, It is a complicated process to rename disk drives in the Oracle environment. Depending in the drives that Oracle uses and what are changes(renamed) could really cause you frustration. The initxxx.ora lists the current location of the controlfiles, logfiles, dump dirs, trace dirs, etc. You will have to startup the database (if it can find the controlfile) and alter database rename .. to .. for each of the effected datafiles. It can be a long and detailed process. These are just a few thoughts off the top of my head. Make notes and document everything to CYA. Good Luck ROR mª¿ªm [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/28/01 05:20AM List hi! Oracle 8.1.7 on WinNT. Our Windows guys want to rename disc drives for some administration reasons. I'm really in UNIX so I'm wondering could you give me some advices on this matter. As far as I know, I have to recreate control files, with new drives. Is there anything else I should do? Some Windows stuff? TIA, Sonja -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Sonja_=A9ehovi=E6?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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: Ron Rogers INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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).
RE: Oracle8i on WinNT - renaming disc drives
Ron, When you say log files in the init.ora I assume you mean archive log files. (Mr. P. Dantic) Anyway, getting back to the task at hand, a far easier way to do it is to issue a backup controlfile to trace. Change the location of the files in the trace file you have generated, shutdown the DB, move the files to the new locations you have specified in the trace file. Run the trace file you have edited and open your DB. This is a very simplistic explanation of the process but it is foolproof, it is widely documented on the web and in my experience works everytime, I have had to do this many times without any issues. BACK IT UP FIRST, do the process and BACK IT UP AGAIN ! HTH Lee -Original Message- Sent: 28 November 2001 14:05 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sonja, It is a complicated process to rename disk drives in the Oracle environment. Depending in the drives that Oracle uses and what are changes(renamed) could really cause you frustration. The initxxx.ora lists the current location of the controlfiles, logfiles, dump dirs, trace dirs, etc. You will have to startup the database (if it can find the controlfile) and alter database rename .. to .. for each of the effected datafiles. It can be a long and detailed process. These are just a few thoughts off the top of my head. Make notes and document everything to CYA. Good Luck ROR mª¿ªm [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/28/01 05:20AM List hi! Oracle 8.1.7 on WinNT. Our Windows guys want to rename disc drives for some administration reasons. I'm really in UNIX so I'm wondering could you give me some advices on this matter. As far as I know, I have to recreate control files, with new drives. Is there anything else I should do? Some Windows stuff? TIA, Sonja -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Sonja_=A9ehovi=E6?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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: Ron Rogers INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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). The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Robertson Lee - lerobe INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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).
RE: Oracle8i on WinNT - renaming disc drives
If by "rename disk drives" means changing the drive letter where Oracle is installed. You may have to re-install Oracle since the regisry will now have the wrong values. Jeffrey BeckstromDatabase AdministratorGreater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority1240 W. 6th StreetCleveland, Ohio 44113(216) 781-4204 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/28/01 9:55:31 AM Ron,When you say log files in the init.ora I assume you mean archive log files.(Mr. P. Dantic)Anyway, getting back to the task at hand, a far easier way to do it is toissue a backup controlfile to trace. Change the location of the files in thetrace file you have generated, shutdown the DB, move the files to the newlocations you have specified in the trace file. Run the trace file you haveedited and open your DB.This is a very simplistic explanation of the process but it is foolproof, itis widely documented on the web and in my experience works everytime, I havehad to do this many times without any issues.BACK IT UP FIRST, do the process and BACK IT UP AGAIN !HTHLee-Original Message-Sent: 28 November 2001 14:05To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSonja,It is a complicated process to rename disk drives in the Oracleenvironment. Depending in the drives that Oracle uses and what arechanges(renamed) could really cause you frustration.The initxxx.ora lists the current location of the controlfiles, logfiles,dump dirs, trace dirs, etc.You will have to startup the database (if it can find the controlfile) and"alter database rename .. to .." for each of the effected datafiles. It canbe a long and detailed process. These are just a few thoughts off the top ofmy head.Make notes and document everything to CYA.Good LuckROR mª¿ªm [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/28/01 05:20AM List hi!Oracle 8.1.7 on WinNT.Our Windows guys want to rename disc drives for some administration reasons.I'm really in UNIX so I'm wondering could you give me some advices on thismatter.As far as I know, I have to recreate control files, with new drives. Isthere anything else I should do? Some Windows stuff?TIA, Sonja-- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Sonja_=A9ehovi=E6?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing ListsTo REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail messageto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and inthe message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You mayalso send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).-- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com-- Author: Ron Rogers INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing ListsTo REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail messageto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and inthe message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You mayalso send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).The information contained in this communication isconfidential, is intended only for the use of the recipientnamed above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you arehereby notified that any dissemination, distribution orcopying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computersystem.--Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com--Author: Robertson Lee - lerobe INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing ListsTo REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail messageto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and inthe message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You mayalso send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
Re: Oracle8i on WinNT - renaming disc drives
If the path to ORACLE_HOME changes, you will need to reinstall the software to correct the jar files in oraInventory. Otherwise the wonderful OUI will get confused the next time you need to apply an rdbms patch. Ron Thomas Hypercom, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] sonja.sehovic @pbz.hr To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: root@fatcity.Subject: Oracle8i on WinNT - renaming disc drives com 11/28/01 03:20 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L List hi! Oracle 8.1.7 on WinNT. Our Windows guys want to rename disc drives for some administration reasons. I'm really in UNIX so I'm wondering could you give me some advices on this matter. As far as I know, I have to recreate control files, with new drives. Is there anything else I should do? Some Windows stuff? TIA, Sonja -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Sonja_=A9ehovi=E6?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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: Ron Thomas INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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).
Re: Oracle8i on WinNT - renaming disc drives
If they're just renaming the disks where the datafiles reside, then the backup controlfile is the way to go. However, if they're renaming the disk where the Oracle Home resides, then you need to go edit the registry. Be sure and make a backup of the registry before you start the edit. Unasked, of course, is the question of why they would need to rename the disks? Changing network drive numbers is reasonably common but since Oracle8i on WinNT doesn't support network mounted drives this couldn't have any impact on the database. Changing the internal drive letters either involves spoofing the CMOS or the OS so that it thinks that drives are mounted in a different order or actually changing the controller connections. Maybe there's some reason to do this but I can't think of it. Rodd Holman rodney.holmaTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L n[EMAIL PROTECTED] @lodgenet.comcc: Subject: Re: Oracle8i on WinNT - renaming Sent by: rootdisc drives 11/28/2001 10:50 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L Ron, You're making this way too dificult. To reorg the drive names on NT/2000: 1. Backup your database (just a good thing to do) 2. ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO TRACE; - Generates a script with all the datafiles listed in it. 3. Edit initsid.ora and any ifile linked configs that point to drive paths. (Backup originals first). 4. Edit the controlfile script generated in #2 to show the new paths. 5. Shutdown the database 6. Rename the devices at the NT/2000 level 7. in svrmgrl or sqlplus (8i or 9i) run the script from #4. 8. Recover database if necessary. May need to do a recover until cancel and cancel it as soon as it asks for archived logs. We recreate instances doing this all the time to create dev and test systems. By recreating the controlfile you can rename all the dbfiles at once. If you can't take the system off line, it will be very tedious as Ron mentioned. Also if you want to change the location of SYSTEM tablespace, you have to take the system off line. Rodd Holman On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 08:05, Ron Rogers wrote: Sonja, It is a complicated process to rename disk drives in the Oracle environment. Depending in the drives that Oracle uses and what are changes(renamed) could really cause you frustration. The initxxx.ora lists the current location of the controlfiles, logfiles, dump dirs, trace dirs, etc. You will have to startup the database (if it can find the controlfile) and alter database rename .. to .. for each of the effected datafiles. It can be a long and detailed process. These are just a few thoughts off the top of my head. Make notes and document everything to CYA. Good Luck ROR mª¿ªm [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/28/01 05:20AM List hi! Oracle 8.1.7 on WinNT. Our Windows guys want to rename disc drives for some administration reasons. I'm really in UNIX so I'm wondering could you give me some advices on this matter. As far as I know, I have to recreate control files, with new drives. Is there anything else I should do? Some Windows stuff? TIA, Sonja -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Sonja_=A9ehovi=E6?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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
