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Oracle Troubleshooting

ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters

Symptom:

When attempting to start (or mount) the database the following error is generated:

ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters

Cause

This error indicates that Oracle had a problem processing the database initialisation file. It will normally be accompanied by another error that will give more specific details about the problem.

Remedy:

Resolve the accompanying error and try the operation again. It will normally be reasonably obvious from the accompanying error which initialisation parameter is causing the problem.