init<SID>.ora Location

[#1]

Hello,

In our DB server these files exists in 2 locations

initPRD.ora

initPRD.sap

spfilePRD.ora

location 1: /oracle/PRD/102_64/dbs/

and

location2: /oracle/PRD/sapbackup/PRD/

For the BRBACKUP and SMB backups it getting the initPRD.ora from this location

/oracle/PRD/102_64/dbs/initPRD.ora

So whats the use of files in location /oracle/PRD/sapbackup/PRD/

Is it just a copy?

thanks & regards,

[Former Member]

Hi,

So whats the use of files in location /oracle/PRD/sapbackup/PRD/

Have you ever tried taking "Backup on Disk" either from BRTOOLS or DB13 ?

(You may see relevant log in DB12)

It seems that "/oracle/PRD/sapbackup/PRD/" is created by backup process. It that case profiles will also be backed up.

Otherwise there would be only single location for init<SID>.ora. i.e. $ORACLE_HOME/dbs or $ORACLE_HOME\database.

Regards.

Rajesh Narkhede