Ive had less problems with oracle on Mandrake 9.1 than what I have with
redhat 8 and redhat 9 which are certified.
Howard J. Rogers wrote:
>
> "Chr2k04" <chr2k4_at_aol.com> wrote in message
> news:bf58ec5f.0305151521.3fd0f172_at_posting.google.com...
>> Hey,
>>
>> After a recent power-outage where my computer uncleanly shut
>> down,oracle starts up but doesnt shut down.
>>
>> I have Linux Mandrake9.1, Oracle 9i, and I use sqlplus /nolog and
>> connect as a sysdba to shut it down, with 'shut'.
>>
>> Am I going to have to reinstall the database?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>
> Mandrake and Oracle are not a certified combination, so you can expect
> fireworks from time to time.
>
> But that said, no... you shouldn't have to re-install the entire thing, or
> even re-create the entire database.
>
> What happens when you do things like type 'shutdown abort'? What, if any,
> errors are contained in your alert log?
>
> As a general rule, I'd avoid using abbreviated forms of commands, and type
> them in, in full, properly. That way *you* are in control, and not the
> application you're using at the time.
>
> As it is, the SQL Plus command 'shut' gets translated into the SQL command
> 'shutdown normal', and the salient characteristic of a shutdown normal is
> that it waits until all active sessions have logged themselves out of the
> database before attempting to proceed, and certainly makes no attempt to
> speed up the logout process by killing sessions off preemptively. If
> you've just started up your database after a power failure, it is quite
> possible that SMON is in the middle of an instance recovery when you ask
> to do a shutdown normal... and in that case, the shutdown will have to
> wait until SMON has finished its work. Depending on the size of the
> recovery being performed, that could be quite some time.
>
> Whether that's the issue, or whether something more serious is going on
> (unlikely) really can only be discovered by consulting your alert log.
>
> Regards
> HJR
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