Re: Backing Up Oracle 8i - Stopping NT Service

From: Yong Huang <yong321_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 27 Dec 2003 07:26:01 -0800
Message-ID: <b3cb12d6.0312270726.3e505a0e@posting.google.com>

drak0nian_at_yahoo.com (Paul Drake) wrote in message news:<1ac7c7b3.0312262346.70bc6016_at_posting.google.com>...
>
> I would like to add, that if you are running the Oracle Agent that is
> installed by default, and its service set to automatic, that you will
> want to stop its service first, as it can cause a hang in the shutdown
> immediate of the instance that the agent is connected to. What Brian
> describes will "attempt" a shutdown immediate. Whether or not a
> shutdown immediate is processed in a reasonable amount of time is
> another matter.

According to marty.grinstead at oracle.com apparently working on the Oracle Agent team, if the agent is not configured correctly, running it causes database shutdown immediate to hang (private email). He knows many people say shutting down the agent first is the only way to not cause shutdown immediate to hang. I wish I could get more details from him.

Yong Huang Received on Sat Dec 27 2003 - 09:26:01 CST