Automatic stop/start of databases on solaris 10

Question

I've followed the documentation in terms of creating the dbora script and linking it but unfortunately, my db isn't coming back up on reboot.
Anyone has seen this?
My unix administrator is saying there is no log file to review on solaris 10 on reboot. Is there a log somewhere i can check?
Thx.

Answer 1

Thanks for the reply.
This is what I did:
1. Edit the /var/opt/oracle/oratab file for Solaris and /etc/oratab file for
HP and Linux.
Database entries in the oratab file appears in the following format:
ORACLE_SID:ORACLE_HOME:Y
In the preceding command, Y or N specifies whether you want the dbstart
and dbshut scripts to start up and shut down the database. For each database
that you want to start up, find the ORACLE_SID entry identified by the sid in
the first field. Change the last field for each to Y.
For Oracle Real Application Clusters installation, this entry appears in the
following format:
DB_NAME:ORACLE_HOME:Y
In the preceding command, DB_NAME is the cluster database name. Y or N
specifies whether you want the dbstart and dbshut scripts to start up and
shut down the database.
2. In the /etc/init.d directory, create a dbora script similar to the following, if
it does not already exist. Be sure to give the full path of the dbstart utility.
#!/bin/sh
# Set ORA_HOME to be equivalent to the $ORACLE_HOME
# from which you wish to execute dbstart and dbshut;
# Set ORA_OWNER to the user id of the owner of the
# Oracle database in ORA_HOME.
ORA_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0
ORA_OWNER=oracle
if [! -f $ORA_HOME/bin/dbstart]
See Also: init command in your UNIX system documentation
for more information on system startup and shutdown procedures.
Configuration Tasks to Perform as the root User
4-6 Installation Guide
then
echo "Oracle startup: cannot start"
exit
fi
case "$1" in
’start’)
# Start the Oracle databases:
# The following command assumes that the oracle login
# will not prompt the user for any values
su - $ORA_OWNER -c $ORA_HOME/bin/dbstart &
’stop’)
# Stop the Oracle databases:
# The following command assumes that the oracle login
# will not prompt the user for any values
su - $ORA_OWNER -c $ORA_HOME/bin/dbshut &
esac
3. Create symbolic links to the dbora script in the appropriate run-level script
directories, as follows:
# ln -s /etc/init.d/dbora /etc/rc0.d/K10dbora
# ln -s /etc/init.d/dbora /etc/rc3.d/S99dbora