I don't think nohup should have any negative impact, as it simply causes your process to be running as a child of init instead. Although I do recall some OSs actually killing your process if the shell terminated. So if you're doing this because you have unstable network connects or a slow remote line to the server, I would recommend using screen instaed -- it's much more reliable and comfortable to use than nohup. Stefan On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 3:09 PM, cam <kadmon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks Stefan - later on the same page the Upgrade guide supports you: > > "Rerunning the Upgrade > Follow these steps to rerun the upgrade: > 1. Shut down the database: > SQL> SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE > 2. Restart the database in UPGRADE mode: > SQL> STARTUP UPGRADE > 3. Rerun catupgrd.sql: > SQL> @catupgrd.sql > ..." > > I thought my situation was more like a resource failure than a 'clean > rerun' so I went with abort... > > It sounds like you have run upgrades plenty of times - any opinion on > using nohup? (this is an upgrade rehearsal - I'm expecting to repeat > this in production before too long and I'd like to know if I have some > insurance against another network failure...) > > cam > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Stefan Knecht <knecht.stefan@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > What others have already recommended, but on top of that I would be > careful > > with a shutdown abort prior to startup upgrade. > > I've had cases at more than 1 customer where I could reproduce core dumps > > (ORA-7445) and ORA-600's doing that. > > And yes, some version of the upgrade guide recommends to do exactly this. > I > > would however do a shutdown immediate if you're planning to run the > upgrade > > afterwards. And this coming from a great fan of shutdown abort ;-) > > My CHF 0.02 > > Stefan > > > > > > > > > > ========================= > > > > Stefan P Knecht > > CEO & Founder > > s@xxxxxxxx > > > > 10046 Consulting GmbH > > Schwarzackerstrasse 29 > > CH-8304 Wallisellen > > Switzerland > > > > Phone +41-(0)8400-10046 > > Cell +41 (0) 79 571 36 27 > > info@xxxxxxxx > > http://www.10046.ch > > > > ========================= > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 2:28 PM, cam <kadmon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> Hello all, > >> > >> This seems like an obvious and common one but I haven't managed to > >> find any relevant Q&As here or on the OTN discussion boards. > >> > >> While remotely running catupgrd.sql to take an instance from 9.2.0.8 > >> to 11.1.0.7 my session was killed... When I got back on, I decided the > >> situation was closest to the situation described under Resource > >> exhaustion in the 11g Upgrade guide and went for: > >> > >> - shutdown abort > >> - startup upgrade > >> - @catupgrd.sql > >> > >> This seems to have just completed successfully but I'd be interested > >> in any responses to the following: > >> > >> - does this seem like the correct way to resume the upgrade - it isn't > >> explicitly documented anywhere. > >> - since its not interactive, I assume its OK to nohup catupgrd - but > >> people don't often seem to do it. Can anyone confirm that it works and > >> doesn't get confused for some reason? > >> > >> cam > >> -- > >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > >> > >> > > > > >