Hello. I am trying to shutdown immediate a database (10.2.0.3). Normally it takes couple of minutes. this time it has been running for about 25 min. When I look at the alert.log, I see already 4 log switches ( I have 3 logfile groups) and I wonder what could be the reason it is taking such a long time. I also don't remember seeing all the logswitches after the shutdown immediate. Would appreciate any thoughts thank you Gene Gurevich -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l