Dave, net stop oracle_service_name will shutdown the database properly if you set it up right.
There are notes on MetaLink about this. Jared PS. Is Ashley Furniture affiliated with Life Style Furnishings in NC? Please reply off list if so. Thanks. "Farnsworth, Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/25/02 09:03 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: RE: Automatic shutdown on NT does a shutdown abort That is the way stopping the Oracle service on NT works. A 'STOP NET Oracle_Service_Name' is like issuing a 'SHUTDOWN ABORT' from svrmgrl. I do a 'SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE' in svrmgrl but this has a tendancy to hang the backup job. It's a vicious cycle. Dave -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:23 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Environment: Oracle 8.1.7 NT 4.0 sp 6 Registry parameters: ORA_<sid>_SHUTDOWN = "TRUE" ORA_<sid>_SHUTDOWN_TYPE="i" ORA_<sid>_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT="30" When I stop the OracleService<sid>, the database appears to do a shutdown abort. No entries are made in the alert log to indicate that a clean shutdown occurred. When I restart the service, the alert log contains messages like "Beginning crash recovery of 1 threads". Any ideas what I have missed? Thanks, Peter Schauss Northrop Grumman Corporation 516-346-3148 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Schauss, Peter 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Farnsworth, Dave 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: 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).