Re: Confirming Database is Down on Windows
- From: Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Charlotte Hammond <charlottejanehammond@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:50:00 -0700
Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Charlotte Hammond <
charlottejanehammond@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Jared,
>
> I need to know for sure the database is DOWN rather than just not
> accessible to new connections, as I want to ensure it is safe to run a cold
> backup.
>
*IF* the service is also stopped when the database is down, you
could use something like this:
c:\ net start | findstr OracleService
Kind of lame, but then again, the windows cmdline is what it is.
Jared
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