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After changing GLOBAL_NAME and receiving ORA-02083, cannot log in as SYSDBA due to ORA-01075 (Doc ID 756294.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.1 and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

After changing a database GLOBAL_NAME to include an illegal character, indicated by the receipt of "ORA-02083: database name has illegal character", when trying to connect to an instance as SYSDBA, this fails like:

Cause

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