Re: Problem when WIndows 2000 Server is rebooted

dbaplusplus_at_hotmail.com wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:
> > dbaplusplus_at_hotmail.com wrote:
> > > I am running Oracle 10.1.0.3 on Windows 2000 server. I have a few
> > > database instances. I have noticed that when Windows server is
> > > rebooted, once in a while (every 3 month or so). a database instance
> > > will not start properly. There are no error messages in alert.log file,
> > > however when one connects to database instance, it gives some error
> > > message.
> > >
> > > As I stated problem happens only once in a while and it is also not
> > > tied to a specific database instance (I have 3 instances). Has anyone
> > > seen similar problem and knows how to fix it in Windows 2000
> > > environment (I cannot move to UNIX, LINUX ...).
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> > Good advice from Sybrand and Chuck.
> >
> > But 10.1.0.3? Why? There is a patch to 10.1.0.4 that should be applied.
> > And as Sybrand points out: "some error message" is far from useful
> > information.
> > --
> > Daniel A. Morgan
> > University of Washington
> > damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> > (replace x with u to respond)
> > Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
> > www.psoug.org
>
> 1. Reason I cold not provide the error message is because no error
> message was written to alert.log file, so I could not emember the exact
> error message. Message probably was "databse recovery is in
> porgress....", but then I just shutdown the service and then restarted
> the service and instance started fine.
>
> 2. I cannot move to 10.1.0.4 because third party application was
> certfied only with 10.1.0.3.
>
> 3. I am not using ASM.

One other item... Have you contacted the 3rd party application vendor RECENTLY to see if they have certified their product on a later revision of Oracle?

Charles R. Whealton
Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com Received on Fri Aug 11 2006 - 20:06:03 CDT