Oracle Services on Windows
Overview
There are instances when you may need to recreate the database and listener services on an existing Windows database system. One such instance is finding that Oracle on Windows is much more stable using the local Windows Administrator account rather than a domain or other account. Others include exporting to a UNC path, fixing OEM (dbconsole) etc.. What follows are the essential steps to achieve this.
Prerequisites
Backup the following directories:
%ORACLE_HOME%\dbs %ORACLE_HOME%\database
You must be logged in as THE local Administrator account. Not an Administrator equivalent or Domain Administrator. This is very important.
Procedure
Replace MyInstanceName as required.
0. Shutdown Oracle services.
- Set all services to start as "Local System" account (default).
1. Recreate Password File
a. cd %ORACLE_HOME%\dbs
b. del orapwMyInstanceName
c. orapwd file=orapwMyInstanceName password=MySysPassword
2. Recreate Windows Database Instance
a. cd %ORACLE_HOME%\database
b. Delete existing Oracle database service and files.
oradim -delete -sid MyInstanceName
del hc_MyInstanceName.dat
del PWDMyInstanceName.ora
- Ensure service not started and gone.
c. oradim -new -sid MyInstanceName -intpwd MySysPassword -startmode AUTO -spfile
Manually go and set your database instance service to "Manual" startup
if not already set. Note: using the AUTO option also starts the
database service but is essential in creating a new service that will
start the databse too (this is not documented well that I can see).
d. Stop the database service.
3. Drop then recreate the Listener service.
4. Start all database services.
purgeOraCfg.bat
@echo off rem File: purgeOraCfg.bat rem Change MySID to you SID name. rem Confirmation cls echo About to Purge Oracle MySID Initial Cfg Files echo. echo Ensure all Oracle services stopped. echo. pause rem Process cd %ORACLE_HOME%\dbs del %ORACLE_HOME%\dbs\orapwMySID cd %ORACLE_HOME%\database oradim -delete -sid MySID del %ORACLE_HOME%\database\orapwMySID del %ORACLE_HOME%\database\PWDMySID.ORA del %ORACLE_HOME%\database\hc_MySID.dat rem End echo. echo *** Process Ended *** echo.