Re: connect to idle instance

On Fri, 18 May 2001,mke_at_mmm.com scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon:

->
->
->Hi, Gurus,
->
->One of my colleagues killed ora_pmon and other background processes. If we log
->into svrmgrl, then the messge "connect to idle instance" show up. We are trying
->to bring the instance back online. How should we do it? This is a test
->database, and we have two instances on this HP machine.
->
->Can we just shutdown abort and then startup the instance again without causing
->problem?

That should work, but be aware that you will have to do instance recorvery so the startup may take a while.

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