Re: Oracle permanently in the process of shutting down

From: Jonathan Lewis <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:37:54 -0000
Message-ID: <917469593.2780.0.nnrp-02.9e984b29@news.demon.co.uk>

svrmgrl
> connect internal
> shutdown abort

If this doesn't work

ipcs
to identify the semaphore and shared memory segments

ipcrrn -m memory_id
ipcrm -s semaphore_id
to delete the ones owned by oracle

cd $ORACLE_HOME/dbs
rm sgadef{SID}.dbf

That should have cleared the mess if this is the only database on the system.

Jonathan Lewis
Yet another Oracle-related web site: www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk

Moshe Bar wrote in message <36af7511.0_at_news.barak.net.il>...
>Hi
>I installed Oracle 7.3 on Solaris 2.5.1 (I have done that many other times
>on Solaris, but never with this problem) and it tells me that it is
shutting
>down thefore doesn't let me connect to it.
>
>But it stays in this state forever.
>
>Any idea, how I can tell it to shutdown for real and restart?
>
>Many thanks
>
>Moshe Bar
>
>
Received on Wed Jan 27 1999 - 14:37:54 CST