RE: shutdown for backup : pro's and con's

What about ...
SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE
Wait/pause for 15 minutes..
If the DB STATUS is -1 or hung then

   SHUTDOWN ABORT
   STARTUP RESTRICT
   SHUTDOWN NORMAL
else

   nothing
end if;

• Janardhana Babu

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph S. Testa [mailto:teci_at_oracle-dba.com] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 5:47 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: shutdown for backup : pro's and con's

how about a variation on a theme,
alter system checkpoint
SHUTDOWN ABORT
STARTUP RESTRICT
SHUTDOWN NORMAL
<BACKUP>

joe

thats that i use in a non0terminal based script.

Pat Howe - Contractor wrote:
>
> I would like to be convinced one way or the other on the following issue :
> What is the best way to take a database down for a cold backup ?
>
> SHUTDOWN ABORT
> STARTUP RESTRICT
> SHUTDOWN NORMAL
> <BACKUP>
>
>

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