Hi,
Sometimes You can get “NID-00120: Database should be mounted exclusively ” error.
Details of error are as follows.
NID-00120: Database should be mounted exclusively
Cause: The database was started in parallel mode. To change the DBID, the database must be mounted exclusively.
Action: Shut down the database and start it in exclusive mode.
NID–00120: Database should be mounted exclusively
Change of database name failed during validation – database is intact.
DBNEWID – Completed with validation errors.
This error is related with the cluster_database parameter, When this parameter’s value is TRUE, you can get this error.
SQL> show parameter cluster NAME TYPE VALUE ------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------ cluster_database boolean TRUE
Set this parameter to False, then restart database.
ALTER SYSTEM SET CLUSTER_DATABASE=FALSE scope=spfile sid='*';
shutdown immediate; startup mount;
Run nid tool again using the following post.
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