Re: NT Oracle

Thanks for the kind reply - but unfortunately our organization is just starting up and that means our DBA skills are are developing. We ARE looking for a way to automate the process of shutdown immediate as well as restarting the database after the backup is done. That is why I posted the original message - not to be made sport of.

"Daniel A. Morgan" <Daniel.Morgan_at_attws.com> wrote in message news:<3B267159.1984C955_at_attws.com>...
> Paul Kluk wrote:
>
> > Situation - new to Oracle 8i on NT platform
> > Database dies when our third party backup starts to backup the
> > database
> > We remove the database from the backup list and the database doesn't
> > die.
> > We've tried to kill the database before the backup starts and start
> > the database after the backup completes - using the at command within
> > NT. problem is insufficient rights when run under the at scheduler -
> > works from command prompt.
> > Know how to keep database up - downside no backups are being done....
> > How do we insure proper backups of the database without killing it??
> >
> > Thanks
>
> People like you scare me. You've installed Oracle and haven't a single
> person in your organization that has DBA skills or can read documentation?
>
> Before doing a physical backup stop the database in server manager
> (svrmgrl.exe) by issuing the command: shutdown immediate. You should make
> sure everyone is logged off first to speed it up. Or, alternatively, stop
> the Oracle services in the Control Panel where they are listed under
> Services.
>
> This should be automated ... but I suspect that evrything you are doing is
> being done manually.
>
> Daniel A. Morgan
Received on Sat Jul 21 2001 - 23:51:30 CEST