init<SID>.ora Location

[former_member199632]

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]

spfilePRD.ora = the parameters that Oracle uses

initPRD.ora = the old file that Oracle used in the past, now BRTOOLS uses it to read Oracle parameters. it gets created everytime you start any BRTOOL.

initPRD.sap = file that BRTOOLS uses for its functionnality