Ganesh, I thought so but still wanted to try it once as suggested by Deepa. I deleted and recreated that service without any problems and everything seems to be working fine. Thanks On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:01:47 +0100, Ganesh Raja <ganesh.raja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Rajesh, > > Netstart is just a Command Line Interface to the Services Window.. If > you have a Problem with that service it is not going to go away when u > use Netstart. > > HTH > > Cheers > Ganesh R > > On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:56:53 -0400, Rajesh Puneyani > <rajpuneyani@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > It seemed like "Net start OracleService<<SID>>" would be an easier solution > > but > > when I tried to execute "Net start OracleService<<SID>>" then I > > received the following message - > > > > ----------------- > > The requested service has already been started. > > ------------------ > > > > But in the windows services panel, it is still shown as Starting. > > > > I think I am gonna delete the service and recreate it. > > > > Will surely post the results asap. > > > > thanks everyone for all the feedback. > > Regards > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 11:47:02 +0530, Deepa S. Kale <deepask@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > do not restart the server... > > > stop other not required services and go to command prompt > > > and manually start service > > > net start oracleservice<dbid> > > > > > > Deepa Kale -DBA > > > Jyoti Structures - Nasik(IT) > > > > > > Ganesh Raja > > > <ganesh.raja@gmai > > > l.com> To > > > Sent by: askdba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > askdba-bounce@fre cc > > > elists.org > > > Subject > > > [askdba] Re: Windows Oracle Service > > > 05-10-2004 12:29 > > > AM > > > > > > Please respond to > > > askdba@freelists. > > > org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nope it will not .. > > > > > > On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 13:58:40 -0400, Rajesh Puneyani > > > <rajpuneyani@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi Ganesh, > > > > > > > > I myself hate to restart the server..That was the reason I wanted an > > > > alternate solution. > > > > > > > > Just to doublecheck - If I delete and Recreate that windows service > > > > ORACLESERVICE<<DBname>> then would it impact the database at all. > > > > > > > > Thanks for the quick response. > > > > Regds > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 18:54:09 +0100, Ganesh Raja <ganesh.raja@xxxxxxxxx> > > > wrote: > > > > > What you can do is use the oradim command and delete that Service Key > > > > > and Insert a New One.. Maybe if you do that it will sart working. > > > > > > > > > > [I will not say restart the Box .. I hate that ... Even my Laptop i > > > > > tend not to restart it.. There should be a way without restarting > > > > > things in Windows !!!!] > > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > Ganesh R > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 13:42:12 -0400, Rajesh Puneyani > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <rajpuneyani@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > > > > > > > Some of our databases are on Oracle 8i/Win 2k. > > > > > > > > > > > > Recently one of my fellow DBAs tried to restart an Oracle Database > > > > > > service (after moving server from one domain to another domain). The > > > > > > service got stopped properly but on the way back to start, it failed > > > > > > and it is still showing 'RESTARTING' and it is happening for the > > > > > > past > > > > > > 24 hours. > > > > > > > > > > > > The database looks ok but service does not ? How to clean start that > > > service ? > > > > > > > > > > > > Any help would be more than appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >