Startup and Shutdown of the Oracle Database with SAPDBA (SAP Library - SAP Database Guide: Oracle (BC-DB-ORA-DBA))

Startup and Shutdown of the Oracle Database with SAPDBA

Purpose

You can use SAPDBA to start up and shut down the Oracle database.

Process Flow

You start the database using one of the following methods:

The SAPDBA GUI. See Starting up the Oracle Database System.

The SAPDBA command-line entry sapdba –startup or sapdba –startup_dba . See sapdba -startup(_dba).

The operating system command startsap .

If required, you switch the database to restricted session mode. This is required for certain operations such as reorganization.

You check the database status.

You shut down the database using one of the following methods:

The SAPDBA GUI. See Shutting down the Oracle Database System.

The SAPDBA command-line entry sapdba –shutdown or sapdba –shutdown_abort . See sapdba -shutdown(_abort).

The operating system command stopsap .

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