Re: Backing Up Oracle 8i - Stopping NT Service

yong321_at_yahoo.com (Yong Huang) wrote in message news:<b3cb12d6.0312270726.3e505a0e_at_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

well, the other method would involve disabling the service for the agent, rending it a non-issue. if you aren't using its functionality, don't run it.
I"m not saying "don't use the agent", I'm saying, if you are not using the functionality which is dependent upon the agent, disable it.

configuring the agent properly sounds like a good (if not better) approach.

thanks for relaying the (relevant) info.

Pd Received on Sat Dec 27 2003 - 19:08:15 CST