Re: dbshut script - shutdown or shutdown immediate

From: Chris Berry <compjma_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 10:13:41 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005785A9.20030402101341@fatcity.com>

> >"Schauss, Peter" wrote:
> > I have one Oracle instance which supports an application
> > server which always maintains a database connection.
> > The UNIX system administrator tells me that this instance always
> > hangs when she tries to shut down the system. The other instances,
> > which do not support a 24x7 process shut down properly.
> >
> > Looking at $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbshut, I notice that the input to sqlplus
> > is
> > connect internal
> > shutdown
> >
> > Should I modify the script to "shutdown immediate" so that it kills
> > any connections?
> >
> > Environment is Oracle 8.1.7 /AIX 4.3.3.
>From: Joan Hsieh <joan.hsieh_at_tufts.edu>
>Peter,
>I modified to shutdown abort, starup then shutdown immediate.

Shutdown abort is pretty drastic, are you sure shutdown immediate didn't work?

Chris Berry
compjma_at_hotmail.com
Systems Administrator
JM Associates

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