Starting the Oracle Database

Follow the below mentioned steps to start the oracle database

• sqlplus /nolog
• connect username/password as sysdba
• On sqlplus prompt, type startup

This will start the oracle database instance successfully.

Starting the Listener

The listener can be started before or after the database instance is started, it doesn’t matter. You can start the listener with a simple lsnrctl start:

bash-2.05$ lsnrctl start
LSNRCTL for Solaris: Version 10.1.0.2.0 - Production on 11-OCT-2004 15:42:55
Copyright (c) 1991, 2004, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
Starting /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/bin/tnslsnr: please wait...

TNSLSNR for Solaris: Version 10.1.0.2.0 - Production
System parameter file is /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/network/admin/listener.ora
Log messages written to /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/network/log/listener.log
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=10.10.0.130)(PORT=1521)))
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=10.10.0.130)(PORT=1521)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
------------------------
Alias                     LISTENER
Version                   TNSLSNR for Solaris: Version 10.1.0.2.0
Start Date                11-JUL-2008 15:42:55
Uptime                    0 days 0 hr. 0 min. 0 sec
Trace Level               off
Security                  ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP                      OFF
Listener Parameter File   /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/network/admin/listener.ora
Listener Log File         /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/network/log/listener.log
Listening Endpoints Summary...
  (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=10.5.11.118)(PORT=1521)))
Services Summary...
Service "genesys" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "genesys", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully