shutdown immediate

Hello.

I am trying to shutdown immediate a database (10.2.0.3). Normally it takes couple of minutes. this time it has been running for about 25 min. When I look at the alert.log, I see already 4 log switches ( I have 3 logfile groups) and I wonder what could be the reason it is taking such a long time. I also don't remember seeing all the logswitches
after the shutdown immediate.

Would appreciate any thoughts

thank you

Gene Gurevich

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