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I know 1 team that manage sun system they shutdown the system using "sync;
sync; init 6;" and already have been like that for few years oracle is
invisible to them. Power Ranger :)
On 6/28/07, Elliott, Patrick <patrick.elliott_at_medtronic.com> wrote:
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> I do SHUTDOWN ABORT all the time, and I haven't seen corruption caused
> by it since probably Oracle 7. It is best to issue the "ALTER SYSTEM
> CHECKPOINT" command first, but this may not be possible if the database
> is hung. I have seen many situations where a SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE simply
> would not complete.
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> Pat
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Don Seiler
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:56 PM
> To: oracle-l
> Subject: Re: Query Database while shutdown in progress
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> In all the docs I read for 10g (read: certification prep guides),
> shutdown abort is still treated like a leper. I'm pretty surprised by
> this thread so far.
>
> Don.
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> On 6/27/07, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> > The last time I checked, admittedly in the 8.1.7 world, oracle stated
> > that you could end up with file corruption on a shutdown abort (note
> > that is could, not would, I never had it happen), If they have
> > changed this and now say that a shutdown abort is as safe as a
> > shutdown immediate, I have not heard it. Does anyone have a statement
> from oracle to that effect?
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-- regards, Sinardy -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Wed Jun 27 2007 - 22:19:09 CDT
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