Hi,
The only way to make sure the shutdown works shutdown immediate or normal
hang on your platform
for no good reason. The second shutdown would be
better as shutdown immediate just in case!
10.10 Alex
M. Bhatti wrote in message <371DEA8B.8EB8C2BD_at_mci.com>...
>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
>
>
Received on Thu Apr 22 1999 - 13:23:41 CDT
