Oracle 10g to 11g dbua-upgrade failes with ORA-16024
The following is the solution . The spfile parameter LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST was set to LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST=” ! So "SHOW PARAMETER" is showing nothing but in the spfile you can see the difference! ALTER SYSTEM RESET LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST SCOPE=BOTH SID=’*’; or Change in init.ora