Re: Shutdown/Startup on Linux - won't work at server level

J. Dex wrote:

> The databases are not shutting down/restarting after issuing "reboot" on
> a Linux RHEL3 server.
> Can anyone who has this working please tell me specifically which
> symbolic links should be created to make this happen? Everything I
> read says something different such as:
> /etc/rc0.d/K10dbora
> /etc/rc0.d/K01dbora -- doesn't even exist
> /etc/rc.d/rc6.d -- but doesn't mention which file
>
> I have got dbora working manually. It is a 9206 database on Linux
> RHEL3. I have already read the Metalink note on adding
> /var/lock/subsys/dbora to the dbora file. That is why I think it is a
> symbolic link issue but I can't find clear docs for Linux regarding the
> required symbolic links to work on "reboot".
>

Have you tried using the "chkconfig" utility script for RHEL3? There is a man page available. Once you get it set up, it handles all the necessary symbolic links for you.

The whole mechanism of rc*.d directories is handled slightly differently under BSD flavors of Unix than it is under SVR4 flavors, and this kludge is the result, I think.

-Mark Bole

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