It's documented in the alert log ;-) Mon Apr 5 20:10:39 2004 Shutting down instance: further logons disabled Shutting down instance (immediate) License high water mark = 51 Mon Apr 5 20:15:48 2004 Active call for process 15577 user 'oracle' program 'oracle@PRDEIS01 (TNS V1-V3)' Active call for process 15601 user 'oracle' program 'oracle@PRDEIS01 (P019)' SHUTDOWN: waiting for active calls to complete. Mon Apr 5 21:12:27 2004 SHUTDOWN: Active sessions prevent database close operation Tue Apr 6 03:39:42 2004 Starting ORACLE instance (normal) Tue Apr 6 08:45:00 2004 Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 4636 Regards Raj Mladen Gogala <gogala@sbcglobal. To: kaygopal@xxxxxxxxx net> cc: vitalisman@xxxxxxxxx, Oracle-L <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: Subject: Re: sqlplus shutdown "time-out" oracle-l-bounce@fr eelists.org 04/19/2005 01:38 PM Please respond to gogala Comments inline: On 04/19/2005 12:53:20 PM, K Gopalakrishnan wrote: > There is a timeout for shutdown (I think starting from 9iR2) which > defaults to 60 minus. If the active calls (!) don't complete in that > time, the instance just updates the alertlog and doesn;t shutdown its > own. You need to shutdown abort. Gopal, this is very interesting, thanks for sharing! Why do I need to abort= ? Would=20 "immediate" help? Is it controllable? Can it be seen anywhere? >=20 > It is not documented btw :D >=20 > ___ > Best Regards, > K Gopalakrishnan=3D20 > Co-Author: Oracle Wait Interface, Oracle Press 2004 > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/007222729X/ > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >=20 >=20 --=20 Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l