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DBNEWID Utility

Prior to the introduction of the DBNEWID utility alteration of the internal DBID of an instance was impossible and alteration of the DBNAME required the creation of a new controlfile. The DBNEWID utility allows the DBID to be altered for the first time and makes changing the DBNAME simpler. Changing the DBID is necessary when you want to use an RMAN catalog to backup a cloned instance. RMAN identifies instances using the DBID, preventing the original and cloned instance being managed by the same catalog. Alteration of the BID in the cloned instance removes this restriction.

DBID And DBNAME

DBNAME Only

Repeat the process as before except use the following command to start the DBNEWID utility.

nid TARGET=sys/password@TSH2 DBNAME=TSH3 SETNAME=YES

The SETNAME parameter tells the DBNEWID utility to only alter the database name.

When opening the database the RESETLOGS option is not needed so the database can be started using the STARTUP command.

DBID Only

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Hope this helps. Regards Tim...

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