Re: dbshut script - shutdown or shutdown immediate

As a dba with more then 20 years in various databases I prefer to bring down the database in a consistent state and not to rely on recovery procedure. I once had a bad situation (not Oracle) that caused us to go back to the last backup, archive logs (the equivalent) could not be applied and we ended with $100,000's loss to my company.

I think of the database recovery as the least used and debugged piece of software in Oracle (or any database). I would not recommend a database where the database recovery is used often :-).

My practice is to shutdown immediate and use abort if immediate hang.

Yechiel Adar
Mehish
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> >From: Joan Hsieh <joan.hsieh_at_tufts.edu>
> >Chris,
> >We hang on shutdown immediate, not startup. That's why I choose to use
> >shutdown abort.
>
> Well, in that case of course you'd use it, but personally, if it was me,
I'd
> want to find out why it was hanging, and fix that instead. I'm not
> suggesting shutdown abort never be used, I'm just saying use the right
tool
> for the right job when you have a choice.
>
> Chris Berry
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