doing a cold copy (but different datafile dir)

We cold copied all datafiles from out old server to our new one. However, the datafiles sit in a different directory structure

We are going to run the "create controlfile" to re-identify to locations of the datafiles (from /oradata to /u01/POSPROD/dbf).

Can we then (after the control files are made and copied to the locations specified in the init.ora) simply startup the DB,
or must we statup mount, and do a "rename database datafile ... from the old to new locations?

I thought all we had to do was update the control file.. correct?

thanks

You don't have to 'alter databae datafile ... rename...'

ok, so recreating the control files is enough then?

thanks

Yeh re-creating the control file is correct,

In the create control file statement make sure you have 'SET DATABASE' instead of reuse database.

Also you have to open with resetlogs.

regards
shaz