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Re: dbshut script - shutdown or shutdown immediate

From: david davis <ddoralist_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 08:19:05 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005781AC.20030402081905@fatcity.com>


Peter,

Shutdown immediate would be a better choice. Might also be a good idea to have the app server process stopped prior to the database instance being shutdown.

I have seen apps that have left ghost connections or go nuts when the database disappeared (bad error handling I guess).

david

>From: "Schauss, Peter" <pschauss_at_northropgrumman.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: dbshut script - shutdown or shutdown immediate
>Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 07:03:38 -0800
>
>I have one Oracle instance which supports an application
>server which always maintains a database connection.
>The UNIX system administrator tells me that this instance always
>hangs when she tries to shut down the system. The other instances,
>which do not support a 24x7 process shut down properly.
>
>Looking at $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbshut, I notice that the input to sqlplus
>is
> connect internal
> shutdown
>
>Should I modify the script to "shutdown immediate" so that it kills
>any connections?
>
>Environment is Oracle 8.1.7 /AIX 4.3.3.
>
>Thanks,
>Peter Schauss
>Northrop Grumman Corporation
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