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Ora -32004 --- obsolete and/or deprecated parameter(s) specified

Actions....

See alert log for of parameters that are obsolete or deprecated .remove them from spfileor the server side pfile.

sql>select name,isspecified from v$obsolete_parameter where is isspecified ='TRUE';

In my case somebody had been messing around with the parameter log_archive_start;

sql>alter system reset log_archive_start scope=spfile sid='*';
system altered.

sql>shut

sql>startup