Re: How to determine if a database is in use?

From: Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:51:58 -0400
Message-ID: <570E873E.4030708_at_gmail.com>



On 04/12/2016 08:33 PM, Oracle DBA wrote:
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> Question – How to determine if a database is in use.
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Well, here is a simple way:

  1. Ask around.
  2. Take a full offline backup. If someone objects, the database is in use.
  3. If nobody complains by time the backup is finished, start it up using the following command: "startup mount restrict" and when the database comes up, execute "drop database" command. That will provide immediate savings in space and machine resources.
  4. If nobody complains, the database is not used.
  5. If somebody does complain, you have a full offline backup and can bring it back.
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Mladen Gogala
Oracle DBA
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