1.158 INSTANCE_NAME

In an Oracle Real Application Clusters environment, multiple instances can be associated with a single database service. Clients can override Oracle's connection load balancing by specifying a particular instance by which to connect to the database. INSTANCE_NAME specifies the unique name of this instance.
Property Description

Parameter type

String

Syntax

INSTANCE_NAME = instance_id

Default value

The instance's SID

Note: The SID identifies the instance's shared memory on a host, but may not uniquely distinguish this instance from other instances.

Modifiable

No

Modifiable in a PDB

No

Range of values

Alphanumeric ASCII characters and the underscore (_) character, up to a maximum of 255 characters

Basic

No

In a single-instance database system, the instance name is usually the same as the database name.