Re: Oracle 10g linux suse 9

From: Howard J. Rogers <hjr_at_dizwell.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 17:55:04 +1100
Message-ID: <41a581bf$0$7560$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

Severus Snape wrote:
> Yang wrote:
>

>> You should restart your database and http server manually because the
>> installer does not modify your /etc/inittab for automatic database 
>> startup.
>>

>
> I wonder: why? If you install oracle under windows it starts as boot by
> default, why shouldn't it start by default under other os?

Because Windows is Windows. It's designed to be "easy to use", rather than easy to control. So after a clean installation of Windows on its own, a billion and one services are configured to start automatically each boot, even though half of them are of no relevance, are undesirable, or are unneeded. It's "easier" that way.

Linux/Unix are different. They presuppose that *you* want to be in control of the O/S, and not the other way around. It's a damned frustrating mindset when you first encounter it, but hugely liberating shortly thereafter.

I for one don't let my databases at home startup automatically. And I'm rather glad they don't by default.

Point is, you control it.

> Is there any script you should use to start everything properly?

Of course. Lots and lots of them. You have dbstart and dbshut from Oracle, which reads the contents of oratab to determine what to startup and shutdown. All you need to do is to write a script which calls dbstart and dbshut as part of the machine's normal runlevel control.

Regards
HJR Received on Thu Nov 25 2004 - 00:55:04 CST