I got several responses and it works great. =20 Thanks a lot everyone for your help. Regards, David -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of M Rafiq Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 10:59 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: shutdown abort to move data files Much better to do shutdown abort startup restrict shutdown immediate and then copy your datafiles... HTH, Regards rafiq From: "Nguyen, David M" <david.m.nguyen@xxxxxx> Reply-To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: shutdown abort to move data files Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 11:48:27 -0400 I need to shutdown oracle8i database to move data file to another disk but it takes about 40 minutes to shutdown immediate. Can I go ahead to issue "shutdown abort" then move data file? Does it hurt anything? Thanks, David ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee(r)=20 Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3D3963 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------