Oracle database uses wrong parameter file When I try to startup my Oracle database I get the following error:

LRM-00109: could not open parameter file '/opt/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1/dbs/initjicdbaex.ora'


The /dbs directory in my Oracle home contains the init.ora file I want to use, but I don't know how to point the database to read that file.

How do I set the correct parameter file path to init.ora?
You can not or at least you should not. The right pfile (or spfile) should contain ORACLE_SID in it's name.

Theoretically you  can start the database using:

SQL&gt; startup pfile='&lt;path to init.ora&gt;'


But I won't recommend it.