Re: Cold backup blues (UNIX)...
From: Tim Irvin <irvin_at_lmsc.lockheed.com>
Date: 1996/08/29
Message-ID: <irvin-2908960753470001_at_butch.lmsc.lockheed.com>#1/1
Date: 1996/08/29
Message-ID: <irvin-2908960753470001_at_butch.lmsc.lockheed.com>#1/1
In article <502rmt$hqb_at_wabbit.its.uow.edu.au>, Phil Herring <revdoc_at_uow.edu.au> wrote:
> You can either edit dbshut so that it does a 'shutdown immediate', or you
> can precede your call to dbshut with a script that closes any open database
> connections. (How you do the latter depends on whether you're using SQL*Net
> V1 or V2, and whether database clients are running on the server.)
Even 'shutdown immediate' isn't bulletproof, at least not on our system. See my previous note for details.
-- Tim Irvin, HP-UX System Administrator / Oracle DBA Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space, Sunnyvale, California e-mail: irvin_at_lmsc.lockheed.com voice: (408) 742-0440 ************ all standard disclaimers apply ************Received on Thu Aug 29 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST