I suppose it's way too late for this, but did you check to see if the shared memory is still active using "ipcs -a"? And if so, kill it with "ipcrm". I've seen this before, but it was 7.x or 8.0 (I've got a good memory, but it's short).
Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA > -----Original Message----- > From: Sinardy Xing [mailto:SinardyXing@;bkgcomsvc.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:04 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Unkillable Background process "SHUTDOWN ABORT LEAVES > UNKILLABLE > > > Hi all, > > Jared you are right... > > kill -9 #### successful but ps -ef |grep ora_ said the > processes are still there (only LGWR and CKPT, the rest are die) > when I try to startup again lk<SID> refuse to mount my database > I guest Oracle not finished the housekeeping job. > > when I try to "sync" the session hung (init will sync > automatically therefore it hung too) > I have to POWER OFF and POWER ON my SUN BOX to release the mount point > My sun clustering fail to fail over because of this > > there is jargon in unix call zombie process (what is this ?) > What is tampered process, and when it happen ? > > Oracle Support said if shutdown abort can't kill the process > is your OS problem not Oracle. > Why Oracle PMON and SMON never do anything about this ? > > > Sinardy > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jesse, Rich INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
