Re: DBShut question

The dbshut command is a script in itself. My recommendation is to pull out the sections of dbshut that you think you need to shutdown the database and put it in your own script. In my environments, I have taken most of these scripts and made them into a library of Korn shell functions that are read into the shell. This does make the process' memory footprint a bit larger but allows me more control of the commands. I do have to check on code diffs each time I get a new release but how often have they changed dbshut?

Ron Leedy
diCarta.com

Dominic Cribbin wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a question about the DBSHUT command.
>
> I am currently running an oracle database (version 8.1.5) on Sun Solaris box
> using UNIX.
>
> I would like to know what type of Oracle shutdown is "dbshut", is it
> "Normal", "Transactional" or "Abort".
>
> My reason for asking is that I want to write a script to take automated cold
> DB backups and I am unsure whether the dbshut command will shutdown the
> database in "normal" mode or will there be a chance that I could loose any
> uncommitted transactions ???
>
> Regards
>
> Dominic
Received on Wed Dec 15 1999 - 09:39:35 CST