Re: Newbie question: Installing SP5 on oracle server machine

From: Sybrand Bakker <postmaster_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 22:08:42 +0100
Message-ID: <946328993.12909.0.pluto.d4ee154e@news.demon.nl>

Which (the reboot) makes it necessary to make sure the Oracle service is started manual instead of automatic.
BTW svrmgr<xx> (for 80 svrmgr30) doesn't stop the service.

Cheers,

--
Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
GC <johnny_sanga_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3867D559.85A22562_at_hotmail.com...
> Just a quick addendum, if you shutdown the database with the
> Services/Stop option, make sure you have the string 'ORA_SHUTDOWN =
> TRUE' in your NT registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Oracle.
> Otherwise, it will crash the database.
>
> And you should shut the database down, as you will have to reboot NT
> after applying the service pack.
>
> Cheers,
> GC
>
> Andreas Michler wrote:
> >
> > start servermanager (svrmgr23) and :
> >
> > connect internal/INTERNALPASSWORT
> > shutdown immediate
> >
> > or Stop the services. in the Control Panel -> Services.
> >
> > Olaf Lange wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Oracle experts,
> > >
> > > we are running oracle 7.3.4.0 on a nt server. Do You recommend
shutting down the
> > > oracle engine (running as a service) before installing SP5? And if
yes, how do
> > > you shut down the engine (running as a service)?
> > >
Received on Mon Dec 27 1999 - 15:08:42 CST