ORA-00304: requested INSTANCE_NUMBER is busy

[oracle@nshexdaj4db01 dbs]$ ls spfileh_ios.ora
spfileh_ios.ora
[oracle@nshexdaj4db01 dbs]$ sqlplus / as sysdba

SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.0.2 Beta on Wed Apr 18 01:12:44 2012

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Connected to an idle instance.

h1-SQL> startup pfile=spfileh_ios.ora
ORA-00304: requested INSTANCE_NUMBER is busy
h1-SQL> shutdown abort;
ORACLE instance shut down.
h1-SQL> exit
Disconnected