Oracle DBA, How To, Error, Cause and Action

ORA-00304: requested INSTANCE_NUMBER is busy

ORA-00304: requested INSTANCE_NUMBER is busy




Cause: An instance tried to start by using a value of the initialization parameter INSTANCE_NUMBER that is already in use.




Action: Either a); specify another INSTANCE_NUMBER, b); shut down the running instance with this number c); wait for instance recovery to complete on the instance with this number.