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"Andreas Sheriff" <spamcontrol_at_iion.com> wrote in message
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> "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 19:22:34 GMT, "Randy Harris" <randy_at_SpamFree.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>>"Dave" <x_at_x.com> wrote in message >>>news:aSYue.55850$G8.30078_at_text.news.blueyonder.co.uk... >>>> >>>> "Randy Harris" <randy_at_SpamFree.com> wrote in message >>>> news:zLYue.3437$re.542_at_newssvr19.news.prodigy.com... >>>> >I have a server running 8.1.7.4 on HP-UX that was brought down hard >>>earlier >>>> > today. There was an electrical fire and all power was cut abruptly >>>> > (mains, >>>> > UPS, everything). >>>> > >>>> > The system is now back up and the database seems to have recovered. >>>What >>>> > sorts of things should I be checking to help assure that all is OK? >>>> > >>>> > I can't find a log file. Is there a "default" location for a log >>>> > that >>>> > might >>>> > have documented the recovery? >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> the alert log in background_dump_dest >>>> >>>> if it opened then the database is a clean state. Your app might need >>>> checking though >>>> >>> >>>Thanks very much for pointing me to that alert log. I closely examined >>>the >>>section from today's events. It says that the "crash recovery completed >>>successfully". Would you think that sufficient to be confident that the >>>database is OK? >> >> crash recovery including the subsequent 'database opened' message. >> If there are inconsistencies, the database definitely won't open. >> >> >> -- >> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA >
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I believe the command ANALYZE TABLE VALIDATE STRUCTURE places an exclusive lock on the table, so this might have some consequences if other sessions are writing to the table ...
Matthias Received on Sat Jun 25 2005 - 14:46:31 CDT