Re: hanging shutdowns
- From: Robyn <robyn.sands@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bobak, Mark" <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:51:13 -0500
Thank you Mark - I'll give it a try on our test systems.
Robyn
On 2/27/06, Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> My preferred solution is:
>
> STARTUP FORCE RESTRICT <--- equivalent of shutdown abort followed by
> startup restrict
> SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE
>
> -Mark
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Robyn
> *Sent:* Monday, February 27, 2006 11:37 AM
> *To:* Oracle-L@Freelists
> *Subject:* hanging shutdowns
>
> Hello all,
>
> I have a small dilemma I need to resolve. We have several large databases
> that do not shutdown quickly due to active processes (usually AQ stuff but
> not always) and this has caused problems with cold backups in the past.
> (I'd prefer to stop the colds entirely, but have not yet won that debate.)
>
> Another dba wrote a script which first kills all unix processes connecting
> to the database, connects to the database to kill all sessions except the
> sys connections and then issues a shutdown immediate. We now have another
> instance on the server so I need to modify the scripts for the new instance
> but I'm not comfortable with the current approach.
>
> Given that I need to have something that works by next Sunday morning,
> what is the best way to structure these scripts? Continue to kill
> everything? Issue a shutdown, find the remaining active transactions and
> kill only them? Issue a shutdown abort, restart, shutdown cleanly and then
> run the backups? I've seen discussions on this subject in the past, I'm
> just wondering if there's any new solutions or concerns on the subject.
>
> Databases are Oracle 9.2.0.6 on HP-UX approximately a TB in size. (some
> slightly bigger, some slightly smaller)
>
> recommendations appreciated ...
>
> Robyn
>
>
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Robyn Anderson Sands
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