Re: Auto start setup

Andrew,

  /etc/oratab (that actually should be, out of memory, /var/opt/oracle/oratab under Solaris) is just a file that is read by the dbstart script. dbstart in turn should be started by a (Bourne) shell script under /etc/rc.d, /etc/init.d or whatever (I am just battling against a Linux system right now :-)). It's a full chain of operations, and you must be careful that when the system boots the environment may not contain all the variables that you are used to.  Have you checked the installation guide that is specific to your system(s)? That's where the gory details are usually explained.

Stephane Faroult

Kerber, Andrew wrote:
> Hi all. We have about 20 or so instances on multiple boxes, about 8 is
> the most we have on any single box. These are Solaris and AIX boxes. I
> have set up the /etc/oratab to start up all the databases automatically
> once the system boots up, but the instances wont start up when the
> system starts. We have to manually start everything. Can someone point
> me to some documentation on how the autostartup needs to be set up so I
> don't have to log on and manually start everything whenever we boot the
> box?
>
> Andrew W. Kerber
> Oracle DBA
> UMB
>
>
> "If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving"
>
>

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