On 8/29/06, Sweetser, Joe <Joe.Sweetser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A few things: The OracleService<SID> exists independently of the datafiles. That is, you can have a perfectly valid service running with no database underneath. Taking this a bit further, you can recreate the service of a database without damaging anything as long as the database and service are shutdown.
Even further: the Windows service is the VOS (Virtual Operating System) that is used to virtualize the OS for Oracle.
I think I learned that bit from 'Scaling Oracle 8i'.
http://www.scaleabilities.co.uk/content/view/21/50/
-- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
