dbca throwing ORA-10997
709004Aug 4 2009 — edited Aug 5 2009Hi all,
i am trying to install RAC 11g . i have chosen asm over raw as storage option. my CRS and RAC binary installation went well. i am trying to create database through dbca. but every time ( it shows 2% completion) it is giving following error. i have tried dbca from starting also :(
ORA-10997: another startup/shutdown operation of this instance in progress
ora 09968 unable to lock file
ignore abort
please help me.. Thanks a lot.