Re: Unix backup script problem

In article <2r8ohg$sn9_at_crcnis1.unl.edu>, nolan_at_helios.unl.edu (Michael Nolan) writes:

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|> BTW, how do you (or others reading this post) handle checking for users that
|> are still logged on? If you do a 'normal' shutdown and someone forgot to
|> log off, the shutdown will hang waiting for the user to log off.

We changed the dbshut script to do a "shutdown immediate" instead of "shutdown normal". Our backup scripts and system shutdown scripts send a warning to all logged on users and then waits five or ten minutes depending on the script before shutting down Oracle. I have no qualms about forcing users off when they've ignored the warnings.

Andy

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|> Michael Nolan, Sysop for the DBMS RoundTable on GEnie
|> nolan_at_notes.tssi.com, dbms_at_genie.geis.com
|> (posted from nolan_at_helios.unl.edu)
 

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