Oracle experience: ORA-01261: ORA-01262: solution to errors

Run ps-ef | grep ora _ to check that no Oracle process is found.
Entering the database boot encountered a ORA-01261: ORA-01262: error.

$ Sqlplus "/as sysdba"

SQL * Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0-Production on Tue Dec 15 08:25:22 2009

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Connected to an idle instance.

SQL> startup
ORA-01261: Parameter db_recovery_file_dest destination string cannot be translat
Ed
ORA-01262: Stat failed on a file destination directory
Ibm aix risc System/6000 Error: 2: No such file or directory

As described above, the db_recovery_file_dest directory cannot be found in the system directory.

Solution:
Check the Oracle initialization file.
$ Cat/oracle/oms/102_64/dbs/initSID. ora

For example, db_recovery_file_dest = '/oracle/oms/flash_recovery_area'

Check whether the system/oracle/oms/does not have the "flash_recovery_area" folder.

Use an oracle user to create a "flash_recovery_area" folder under the/oracle/oms directory
$ Mkdir flash_recovery_area

SQL> startup

Restart the database.