Re: APC PowerChute for Oracle?

Jim wrote:

> We will be putting a new UPS on our Oracle server soon and will
> probably try APC's PowerChute software to shutdown the server
> in the event of a power loss.
>
> Can a unix (Solaris) script file execute the Oracle shutdown command
> - presumably by starting an SqlPlus session and then executing the
> shutdown command?

[Quoted] Yes. Look in $ORACLE_HOME/bin for dbshut. Hopefully your SA or DBA has scripted something using it in rc2d or a similar location.

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