Re: shutdown mmediate gets hung

From: Frank van Bortel <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net>
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 12:56:07 +0100
Message-ID: <ctt3dm$6st$1@news3.zwoll1.ov.home.nl>

Cris Carampa wrote:
> Frank van Bortel wrote:
>

>> svrmgrl <<eof
>> connect internal
>> shutdown abort
>> startup
>> shutdown immediate
>> exit

>
>
> Isn't that somewhat "dangerous"? (note the double quotes) What's wrong
> with a simple "shutdown immediate"? I use it on a 9.0.1 database every
> night since more than three years and I never experienced any hung.
>
> Kind regards,
>

What dangers would lurk?

And there's nothing *wrong* with a shutdown immediate, but it will wait for active transactions to end, which is not always feasible.

Search archives for a previous discussion on the dangers, pros and cons of different shutdown methods.

-- 
Regards,
Frank van Bortel

Received on Thu Feb 03 2005 - 05:56:07 CST