Re: Shutdown question (Newbie)

shutdown immediate is safe...however, if you are not comfortable with it, do a shutdown immediate followed by a startup restrict, then a normal shutdown...

Cheers,

Robert Prendin

On Tue, 11 May 1999 23:20:41 +0000, Anthony Valentine <amv_at_sbsalaska.com> wrote:

>Hello All!
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>I have a question about the shutdown command (on Oracle 7.3).
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>I need to be able to shutdown my database at night before I
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>run our backups, so I need to be able to shutdown even if
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>someone forgot to log out of SQL+. Typing 'shutdown' will
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>hang until everybody logs out. I know that using 'shutdown
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>abort' is an emergency procedure and that I shouldn't use it
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>routinely, but what about 'shutdown immediate'? Neither of my
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>oracle books says much at all about the shutdown command.
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>Maybe I need new books =)
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>--
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>Anthony Valentine
>Fledgling DBA
>Spenard Builders Supply
>amv_at_sbsalaska.com
>
>
Received on Tue May 11 1999 - 21:04:19 CDT