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this is what actually happens
1) we had scripts to shutdown/startup the database for offline backup
in our crontab entries
2) and these scripts had been working fine.
3) but recently, there had been 2 times when the scripts are not
working
4) scenario: couldnt startup database therefore go and analyze
5) found that the shutdown script did not shutdown the database. Cos
going into svrmgrl, and doing a startup says that "the oracle instance
is still running"
5.1) do a ps -ef | grep ora and indeed saw all these oracle processes
including the shutdown script entry.
5.2) going back to svrmgrl, did a shutdown immediate. still same
result in 5.1
5.3) colleague did a shutdown abort and it works.
my questions
1)is that isnt it dangerous to do a shutdown abort. actually, i was thinking about killing all the orace processes. so which is more advisable?
2) what are the valid reasons doing a shutdown abort.
thanks Received on Fri Aug 08 2003 - 19:25:36 CDT