RE: How to log into a 9.2.0 database that has a hung archiver

not exactly.  

we have a process here that runs every 15 minutes or so, turns archiving off on each system, compress/moves the archive logs, then turns archiving back on  

On this system, the archive enable seems to fail. and the database hung because it couldn't automatically archive the logs.  

if this happens on an 8x or 7x system, I would just svrmgrl -- connect internal -- archive logs all -- (to free the logs) -- then reenable ayto archiving  

but on this 9.2 system, svrmgrl does not work and neither does connecting as '/ as sysdba', or 'sys as sysdba', or 'system as sysdba'  

what is the correct method to connect into the system when it is hung for some reason?  

S    

Shannon St. Dennis
Database Administrator
City of Regina
(306) 777-7415 (phone)
(306) 777-6804 (fax)

sstdenni_at_cityregina.com  

The degree of normality in a database is inversely proportional to that of its DBA

>>> DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM 08/28/03 04:04pm >>> Shannon - Help me with the situation. Is this like when the archive disk is
full and Oracle politely waits until you make more space? For that situation
I've always just moved some archive logs somewhere else and the database
immediately takes off. Is that your situation, or have I missed something
here?

Dennis Williams
DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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sorry
after checking logs again, the connect / as sysdba command and sqlplus '/ as
sysdba' hung after issuing the command. a password was never requested.

thanks
shannon

Situation:

Oracle EE 9.2.0 database on AIX v5.1

tail alert_TOOLS.log:

Thu Aug 28 13:46:31 2003
ARC0: Evaluating archive log 1 thread 1 sequence 69800 ARC0: Beginning to archive log 1 thread 1 sequence 69800 Creating archive destination LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1: '/u00/oracle/archives/tools_698
00.dbf'
ARC0: Completed archiving log 1 thread 1 sequence 69800 Thu Aug 28 13:46:33 2003
Archive Log Stop
Archiving is disabled
Shutting down archive processes
Archiving is disabled
Thu Aug 28 13:46:34 2003
ARCH shutting down
Thu Aug 28 13:46:34 2003
ARC0: Archival stopped
Thu Aug 28 13:46:34 2003
ARCH shutting down
Thu Aug 28 13:46:34 2003
ARC1: Archival stopped
Thu Aug 28 13:46:39 2003
Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 69802
  Current log# 2 seq# 69802 mem# 0: /u09/oracle/TOOLS/redo02.log Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 69803
  Current log# 1 seq# 69803 mem# 0: /u09/oracle/TOOLS/redo01.log Thu Aug 28 13:46:48 2003
ORACLE Instance TOOLS - Can not allocate log, archival required ARCH: Connecting to console port...
Thread 1 cannot allocate new log, sequence 69804 All online logs needed archiving
  Current log# 1 seq# 69803 mem# 0: /u09/oracle/TOOLS/redo01.log

so the archive hung.

on our older 7x and 8x systems, I would do a svrmgrl and connect internal
then I would do an archive log all to archive the logs

on this 9.2.0 system, I tried sqlplus 'sys as sysdba' --- it hung after
asking for the password
ok... tried sqlplus /nolog --- then connect sys as sysdba -- hung after
asking for password
ok... tried sqlplus '/ as sysdba' -- hung after asking for password ok... tried sqlplus /nolog -- then connect / as sysdba -- hung after asking
for password

Killed smon to cause database to crash.
sqlplus 'sys as sysdba' -- asked for password -- got the sql prompt - startup

everything worked.

I'm glad this is a test database so I could kill it and restart but what is the correct method to get a sql prompt on a hung database when
svrmgrl and connect internal aren't supported?

Thanks
Shannon

Shannon St. Dennis
Database Administrator
City of Regina
(306) 777-7415 (phone)
(306) 777-6804 (fax)

sstdenni_at_cityregina.com <mailto:sstdenni_at_cityregina.com>

The degree of normality in a database is inversely proportional to that of
its DBA

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