Re: Bringing down Oracle in a script.

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-arthur

On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:53:40 -0700, Arthur Salazar wrote:

> I am writing a script that will bring Oracle 9i or 10g up or down.
>
> Generally I reverse my actions to bring the services down. I notice that
> after I bring things down that there are occationally processes left
> around that appear to be part of Oracle or are at least owned by
> oracle.
>
> Can I safely kill these? Should they even be left around?
>
> Any thoughts would be appreiciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -arthur

So as I stated, I ran some more tests. What I found is that I had an error in my setup that caused them to be left on AIX only.

The one exception is that for version 10g on AIX there is a process apparently related to cssd left behind. I comment the line in /etc/inittab and kill -HUP 1 but it stays around.

I am currently killing it without harm. On restart it appears to be ok.

There were some suggesttions to use dbstart and dbshut. I did not for a couple of reasons. The most compelling reason to use it is that it works on several data bases. Currently my requirement is for one instance only.

I will bring this up with the architect in review.

Thanks to everyone for your help.

-arthur Received on Wed Aug 03 2005 - 08:48:09 CDT