Re: PMON killed, I can't start Oracle

> This morning I accidentally killed the PMON ( hurriedly used the wrong PID ).
> Now my Oracle instance won't start. I get the following messages:
>
> SQLDBA > connect internal
> Connected.
> SQLDBA > startup mount
> DBA-00342: unable to complete internal login
> ORA-00472: PMON process terminated with error
> SQLDBA >
>
> The server messages and codes manual asks me to check the background process
> trace file, and then shutdown and restart the instance. But I am not able to
> shutdown the database. Any command I execute gives me the above two
> error messages. What went wrong ?
>
> I am running Oracle 7.1.4 on AT&T SVR4 Rel 2.03.01.
>
> I would appreciate any help. Thanks
>
> Nalini Vallampati
> AT&T Credit
> Maimisburg, Ohio 45342
>
Have you tried entering the command
Shutdown Abort
?

This will always kill a rogue database. If you just want to start it up again with an automatic shutdown, try
Startup Force
This does the shutdown abort and then restarts the database with a startup open.

David Kaufman
Managing Consultant Received on Sat Aug 12 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST