Re: Shutdown Immediate Command

I think I got it to work using the DBSHUT and DBSTART commands.

I'm just trying to figure out why the documentation included such a drastic command and why the command did not work.

craig wilson wrote:

> I have an Oracle Server running Oracle8i on a Solaris Box.
>
> Due to a problem with the redo log, which I do not want to get into
> right now,
> the Oracle Server will "hang" on occassion.
>
> When this occurs I am expected to stop and start the Oracle server.
>
> I have been provided instructions to take in these cases.
> The instructions say to issue a "shutdown immediate;" command after I
> have done a "connect internal" command.
>
> The "shutdown immediate;" command appears to hang and do nothing.
> Any other ideas on how to do this.
>
> I'm really an NT/2000/Netware Administrator, so please speak slowly and
> clearly since I am a little out of my league on this one :>
>
> --
> Oracle Newbie

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