You can do an offline backup with shutdown abort. But anyway...see if there are any Oracle processes using CPU and go from there. There was a couple of bugs in that version of Oracle in which one (if memory serves me right) hangs on shutdown immediate if the number of processes were reached and the second bug had to do with the Archiving process spawning a lot of processes.
I always hated trouble shooting problems on Microcrap products. Good Luck, Satar --- "Cale, Rick T (Richard)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > It is one of those days. > Anyway Oracle 8.0.5 / Win 4.0. > > I am trying to shutdown instance in Normal mode but > just hangs. I am able > to shutdown abort and restart. Heck I even rebooted > server > in case files were locked. There are no errors in > alert log > > Any ideas why I cannot shutdown in NORMAL or > IMMEDIATE. > No other users/sessions on the system. I have done > this many times but not > working today. I need to do this because I want to > do > an offline backup. > > Thanks > Rick > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Cale, Rick T (Richard) > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: > (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: satar naghshineh INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
