Oracle Message ORA-01620 - no public threads are available for mounting

ERRORno public threads are available for mounting
CAUSEThe INIT.ORA parameter thread is zero, its default value. There are no threads which have been publicly enabled, and not mounted.
ACTIONShutdown the instance, change the INIT.ORA parameter to a thread which is privately enabled and not mounted. If the database is open in another instance, then a thread may be publicly enabled.

719849ORA-01620 during Oracle upgrade to version 9i