Re: Oracle start/stop scripts on AIX

On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Gene Sais wrote:

> Who said unix is unix, not me. I have worked w/ HPUX, Digital Unix, Linux, and
>Solaris. All of these support some form of automatic shutdown/startup scripts found
>in rc.d directorires, etc.
>
> I can not believe IBM AIX uses the /etc/inittab for the startup and you have to
>create a wrapper script for the shutdown. I found documentation on metalink note:
>1019817.6, that describes this format.
>
> Has anyone found a better way, maybe to emulate the System V method? Thanks.
>
> Gene Sais

Gene,

While setting up /etc/rc.d sounds tempting, I couldn't recommend it. It will create a maintenance headache for you, especially if any IBM reps work on your box.

I called my startup and shutdown scripts directly from inittab, seemed OK.

Jared Still
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