M. Bhatti wrote:
>
> I just recently noticed that, before doing cold backups, our db
> instances (Oracle 7.3.2/8.0.5, Sun Solaris 2.5.1) are shutdown aborted
> than brought up and shutdown normal, so that the cold backup can be
> started immediately after the shutdown normal.
>
> Question is, I thought shutdown abort should not be used except in
> extreme conditions ie when a db instance
> cannot be shutdown normal/immediate.
>
> So, I assume that:
> This is bad idea right (shutdown abort)?
> What can happen to the db?
>
> Thanks for any input.
>
> mkb
You are correct. Shutdown/immediate is better than shutdown/abort.
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Kelly Young
Maricopa Community Colleges
young_at_maricopa.edu
Received on Wed Apr 21 1999 - 12:09:50 CDT
