How to startup/shutdown bootcamp automatic

Hi, is it possible to startup/shutdown bootcamped windows7 automatic/ after schedule?

It's possible but would require scheduling on both operating systems. You can write the boot drive to NVRAM and issue a reboot. That would start windows, what happens there would be controlled by windows. Inside windows you can automate using the control panel to select the mac boot drive and again, issue a reboot.
I think it would be more robust to have a small winbox running 24/7 than try to cobble together something that complicated on a single mac. There must be a reason behind your request. What is the reason, maybe there's another way to achieve the goal.

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How to startup/shutdown automatic?

Hi, is it possible to have bootcamped windows 7, to startup and shutdown automatic after schedule?

It's possible but would require scheduling on both operating systems. You can write the boot drive to NVRAM and issue a reboot. That would start windows, what happens there would be controlled by windows. Inside windows you can automate using the control panel to select the mac boot drive and again, issue a reboot.
I think it would be more robust to have a small winbox running 24/7 than try to cobble together something that complicated on a single mac. There must be a reason behind your request. What is the reason, maybe there's another way to achieve the goal.

How to automate database startup/shutdown in RHEL4

Dear All
I have Oracle 10gR2 database on RHEL4.
If i want to automate database startup/shutdown with OS startup/shutdown,
Then where i need to update about dbstart.sh & dbshut.sh
I have already made entry in /etc/oratab as Y for database SID.
I am using Bourn Shell.
Thanks

You can refer to my post in my Blog
[Automatically StartUp and Shutdown an Oracle Database in Linux OS|http://kamranagayev.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/automatically-startup-and-shutdown-database-in-linux-os/]
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Automatic startup/shutdown script - 3 Oracle Home

Hi All,
We have a server which has 3 Oracle Home - 8i/9i/10g.
So i am confused about configuring automatic startup/shutdown scripts.
Can you guys please let me know how to setup automatic startup/shutdown for these multiple Oracle Homes.
Thanks,
Kumar.

Bellow is a HP-UX script that can help. Create three scripts like oracle8, oracle9, oracle10 with correct path values. and than decide the runlevels and create soft links for the scripts you created, for example;
Under /sbin/rc3.d
ln -s /sbin/init.d/oracle10 S999oracle10
Under /sbin/rc1.d and /sbin/rc2.d
ln -s /sbin/init.d/oracle10 C9oracle10
AUTOMATIC STARTUP/SHUTDOWN SCRIPT
$vi /sbin/init.d/oracle10
#!/sbin/sh
# NOTE: This script is not configurable! Any changes made to this
# scipt will be overwritten when you upgrade to the next
# release of HP-UX.
# WARNING: Changing this script in any way may lead to a system that
# is unbootable. Do not modify this script.
# NOTE:
# For ORACLE:
PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin
export PATH
ORA_HOME="/oracle/app/oracle/product/10.2.0"
ORA_OWNR="oracle"
rval=0
set_return() {
x=$?
if [ $x -ne 0 ]; then
echo "EXIT CODE: $x"
rval=1
fi
case $1 in
start)
# Oracle listener and instance startup
echo -n "Starting Oracle: "
su - $ORA_OWNR -c "$ORA_HOME/bin/dbstart /oracle/app/oracle/product/10.2.0"
echo "OK DB started"
stop)
# Oracle listener and instance shutdown
echo -n "Shutdown Oracle: "
su - $ORA_OWNR -c "$ORA_HOME/bin/dbshut /oracle/app/oracle/product/10.2.0"
echo "OK DB shutdown"
reload|restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
echo "usage: $0 {start|stop}"
esac
exit $rval

How do I disable the automatic startup on HP Photosmart Premier when I turn my computer on?

Someone else posted ths question a month ago, but still no answers. Anyone?
How do I disable the automatic startup on HP Photosmart Premier when I turn my computer on?
Windows XP, SP3 operating system recently re-installed so I also reinstalled my printer software. Now, for some reason, each time I turn my computer on, my HP Photosmart C4100 all-in-one photosmart premier software opens. It is not in my startup. This slows down my computer terribly, which is why I never used the program before my re-install. How can I disable this feature? I only print, I don't use it for photos.
Any help here is appreciated.

Run msconfig.exe from the start button (type in msconfig). When it comes up go to the Startup tab and find and deselect the HP product you do not want to start. Save and reboot computer. Now try.
Say thanks by clicking the Kudos Thumbs Up to the right in the post.
If my post resolved your problem, please mark it as an Accepted Solution ...
I worked for HP but now I'm retired!

I have MacAir with OS 10.8.4, how can I cancel the automatic link of my USB flashdisk to Mac instead of BootCamp, since I have one time press the ALT key before choosing "MAC" or "BOOTCAMP". Thanks

I have MacAir with OS 10.8.4, how can I cancel the automatic link of my USB flashdisk to Mac instead of BootCamp, since I have one time press the ALT key before choosing "MAC" or "BOOTCAMP". Thanks

That only happens when you are running Windows in a Virtual Machine with OS X as the host. Shut down the VM and restart your Mac. Once the VM is running again and you insert a USB flash drive you should get that prompt again.

ORACLE DATABASE의 AUTOMATIC STARTUP/SHUTDOWN

제품 : ORACLE SERVER
작성날짜 : 1995-11-21
오라클 database의 AUTOMATIC STARTUP/SHUTDOWN
============================================
시스템이 startup 하면서 오라클도 함께 startup하거나 시스템을 shutdown
할 때 오라클도 같이 shutdown 하는 것이 가능하다. 그 방법은 OS마다 차이가
있는데 여기서는 UNIX 에 기반한 여러 플랫폼에 대해서 알아보기로 한다.
본 내용에서 가장 많이 사용되는 화일은 다음과 같다.
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbstart
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbshut
/etc/oratab 또는 /var/opt/oracle/oratab
dbstart 와 dbshut 은 오라클을 startup/shutdown 시키는 스크립트인데
이것은 automatic startup/shutdown 시에만 사용하도록 하고 평상 시의
경우에는 사용하지 않도록 한다.
oratab 화일은 일반 텍스트 화일로서 시스템에 설치된 오라클 인스턴스에
대한 정보를 가지고 있는데 보통 3개의 필드로 이루어져 있으며 첫번재
필드는 ORACLE_SID, 두번째 필드는 ORACLE_HOME, 세번째 필드는 Y 또는 N
으로 구성되어 있다. 해당 인스턴스를 autostartup 시키려면 꼭 Y로
세팅되어 있어야 한다.
SYSTEM V
System V 에 기반한 시스템은 /etc/rc<n>.d 디렉토리에 초기화 스크립트를
가지고 있다. 여기서 <n> 은 해당 스크립트의 run-level 을 의미한다.
일반적으로 run-level 0은 power shutdown mode 이고 run-level 2는 multi-user
mode 이다. 각각의 디렉토리에 들어있는 초기화 스크립트는 다음과 같은 형태의
이름을 갖고 있다.
K{two-digit number][descriptive filename]
예를 들면 S75cron, K30tcp 등이 있을 수 있다.
S로 시작되는 스크립트는 startup 시에 실행되는 것이고 K 로 시작하는 것은
shutdown 시에 실행된다.
two-digit number가 의미하는 것은 스크립트가 실행되는 순서인데 숫자가 작은
것부터 먼저 실행된다. 따라서 오라클 스크립트는 보통 다음과 같은 이름을 갖게 된다.
S99oracle, K01oracle
이와 같이 설정하면 시스템이 startup 될 때 모든 초기화가 끝난 후 마지막으로
오라클이 startup 되며 시스템을 shutdown 할 때에는 오라클을 가장 먼저 shutdown
하게 된다.
BSD UNIX
BSD 에 기반한 시스템은 시스템이 startup 될 때 초기화 화일로
/etc/rc*(예를 들면, /etc/rc, /etc/rc.local) 를 사용한다.
시스템을 shutdown 할 때에는 보통은 /etc/shutdown 만 실행하게 되므로
특별히 실행되는 스크립트가 없지만 /etc/rc.shutdown 이 실행되는
플랫폼도 있다.
이제 각 플랫폼별로 자세히 알아보기로 한다.
주의 : <oracle_owner> 는 oracle owner id 로 대체
<$ORACLE_HOME> 은 oracle home directory 명으로 대체
(1)SunOS 4.1.3
SunOS 4.1.3 에서는 /etc/rc.local 을 startup 스크립트로 사용한다. 즉
시스템이 startup 되면서 /etc/rc.local 이 실행된다. 따라서 이 화일의 끝에
다음과 같은 라인을 추가하면 된다.
su <oracle_owner> -c <$ORACLE_HOME>/bin/dbstart
예를 들어 oracle owner 가 oracle7 이고 $ORACLE_HOME 이 /home/oracle
이라면 다음과 같이 해주면 된다.
su oracle7 -c /home/oracle/bin/dbstart
여기서 /home/oracle 대신에 $ORACLE_HOME 과 같은 환경변수를 이용하여
세팅하면 안된다.
SunOS 에서는 시스템이 shutdown 될 때 실행되는 스크립트는 따로 없다.
따라서 dbshut 을 실행시키는 방법은 다음과 같은 스크립트를 만들어서
시스템을 shutdown 시킬 때 /etc/shutdown 을 실행시키지 말고 대신
이것을 실행시켜야 한다.
#!/bin/csh
su <oracle_owner> -c <$ORACLE_HOME>/bin/dbshut
/etc/shutdown $*
만약 오라클을 shutdown 하지 않고 시스템을 shutdown 하면 다음에
오라클을 startup 하려고 할 때 startup이 되지 않는다. 이 경우에는
$ORACLE_HOME/dbs/sgadef<SID>.dbf 화일을 지우고 startup 시키면 된다.
(2)OSF/1(DIGITAL UNIX)
/etc/inittab : 초기화 과정을 콘트롤
/sbin/rc3 : run-level 3 에서 사용되는 script
/sbin/rc0 : run-level 0 에서 사용되는 script
/sbin/rc3.d/S99oracle : /sbin/init.d/oracle 로 link
/sbin/rc0.d/K01oracle : /sbin/init.d/oracle 로 link
/etc/initab 화일에는 초기화 과정에 대한 정보가 들어 있다.
예를 들면 다음과 같다.
s3:3:wait:/sbin/rc3 < /dev/console > /dev/console 2>&1
이렇게 설정하면 run-level 3 일 경우 /sbin/rc3 스크립트가 실행된다.
/sbin/rc3 은 /sbin/rc3.d 디렉토리에 들어있는 스크립트를 실행한다. 만약
스크립트 이름이 K 로 시작하면 이것은 stop 파라미터를 갖고 실행되어서 이
스크립트에 지정된 프로세스를 정지시킨다. 한편, 스크립트가 S 로 시작하면
/sbin/rc3 는 이 스크립트에 startup 파라미터를 부여하고 여기서 지정된
프로세스를 실행시킨다. 따라서 /sbin/rc3.d/S99oracle 을 사용하여
dbstart를 실행한다.
shutdown 과정도 거의 비슷하다. /etc/inittab 에 다음과 같은 라인을 추가
한다.
s0:0:wait:/sbin/rc0 off < /dev/console > /dev/console 2>&1
이것은 /sbin/rc0 를 실행시키는데 /sbin/rc0 는 /sbin/rc0.d 디렉토리에
들어있는 스크립트를 실행시킨다. 스크립트의 이름이 S 로 시작하면 run
time parameter 로 start 를 사용하게 되고 K 로 시작하면 stop 을
사용한다.
따라서 /sbin/rc0.d/K01oracle 스크립트는 stop 파라미터를 갖고
실행되며 이 스크립트는 $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbshut 스크립트를 실행시켜서
오라클을 shutdown 시킨다.
/sbin/rc3.d/S99oracle과 /sbin/rc0.d/K01oracle은 모두 /sbin/init.d/oracle
에 대한 symbolic link 이다. /sbin/init.d/oracle 에 대한 symbolic link 는
이들 외에 더 있을 수 있다.
(3)Solaris 2.3 & SCO UNIX
/etc/inittab : 초기화 과정을 콘트롤
/etc/rc2 : run-level 2 에서 사용되는 스크립트
/etc/rc0 : run-level 0 에서 사용되는 스크립트
/etc/rc2.d/S99dbstart : /etc/init.d/dbstart 에 대한 link
/etc/rc0.d/K01dbshut : /etc/init.d/dbshut 에 대한 link
/var/opt/oracle/oratab
Solaris 의 경우는 OSF/1 과 매우 유사하다. 차이점이라고 한다면 /sbin
디렉토리 대신에 /etc 디렉토리에 필요한 스크립트가 들어있다는 것이다.
rc0.d, rc2.d 같은 디렉토리는 실제로 /etc 디렉토리에 위치하고 있으며
rc0, rc2 와 같은 스크립트는 /etc/init.d 에 존재하는 같은 이름의 스크립트에
대한 symbolic link이다.
/etc/init.d/dbstart 와 /etc/init.d/dbshut 스크립트의 내용은 각각 다음과
같이 한줄로 구성되어 있다.
su - <oracle_owner> -c <$ORACLE_HOME>/bin/dbstart
su - <oracle_owner> -c <$ORACLE_HOME>/bin/dbshut
Solaris 에서는 start, stop 같은 파라미터는 /etc/init.d/dbstart,
/etc/init.d/dbshut 에서는 무시된다.
/etc/init.d/dbstart, /etc/init.d/dbshut 화일은 owner가 oracle owner id
이여야 한다.
/etc/init.d/README 를 읽어보면 좀 더 자세한 내용이 설명되어 있으니 참조하기
바란다.
(4)AIX
/etc/inittab : 시스템 초기화 화일
/etc/rc : 시스템 초기화 스크립트
/etc/mkitab : /etc/inittab 을 수정하는 유틸리티
/etc/shutdown : 시스템 shutdown 스크립트
AIX 에서는 오라클 autostartup 방법은 여러가지가 가능하지만 shutdown 은
한가지만 가능하다. 우선 autostartup 은 다음과 같은 방법 가운데 하나를
사용하면 된다.
a)/etc/mkitab 를 사용하여 /etc/inittab 에 entry 를 추가한다. 즉,
/etc/mkitab "<oracle_owner>:2:wait:/bin/su <oracle_owner> -c
<$ORACLE_HOME>/bin/dbstart > /dev/console 2>&1"
이렇게 하면 /etc/inittab 화일에 dbstart 기능이 추가된다. 이렇게 하면
시스템이 뜨면서 run-level 2일 경우 오라클이 자동으로 startup 된다.
b)다음과 같은 방법도 가능하다.
/etc/mkitab "rcoracle:2:wait:/etc/rc.oracle > /dev/console 2>&1"
그리고, root 소유의 /etc/rc.oracle 스크립트를 다음과 같이 작성한다.
su <oracle_owner> <<EOF
<$ORACLE_HOME>/bin/dbstart
EOF
c)/etc/rc 스크립트의 마지막에 다음을 추가한다.
/bin/su <oracle_owner> - c <$ORACLE_HOME>/bin/dbstart
AIX 에서 시스템 shutdown 은 /etc/shutdown 에 의한다. 시스템을 내릴 때
오라클을 shutdown 하려면 별도의 시스템 shutdown 스크립트(root 소유로)를
다음과 같이 만들어서 /etc/shutdown 을 사용하지 말고 이것을 사용해야 한다.
#!/bin/sh
/bin/su <oracle_owner> -c <$ORACLE_HOME>/bin/dbshut
/etc/shutdown $*
(5)HP/UX
/etc/rc : 시스템 startup 화일
/etc/shutdown : 시스템 shutdown 실행 화일
/etc/shutdown.d : 시스템 shutdown 디렉토리
HP/UX 에서는 시스템 startup 시에 /etc/rc 가 실행된다. 따라서 다음 라인을
/etc/rc 스크립트의 마지막에 추가하면 auto startup 이 가능해진다.
su <oracle_owner> -c <$ORACLE_HOME>/bin/dbstart
시스템의 shutdown 은 /etc/shutdown 화일을 실행하여 수행된다. 이 프로그램은
/etc/shutdown.d 디렉토리에 들어있는 스크립트를 실행시키는데 다음과 같은
세 가지 방법 가운데 하나로 auto shutdown 을 세팅할 수 있다.
a)$ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbshut 화일을 /etc/shutdown.d 디렉토리 아래에 copy
b)/etc/shutdown.d/dbshut 을 $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbshut 으로 symbolic link 지정
c)다음과 같은 스크립트 작성
#!/bin/sh
su <oracle_owner> -c <$ORACLE_HOME>/bin/dbshut
단,이 스크립트는 root의 소유이고 root에 의해서만 실행 가능해야 한다.
만약 V6 와 V7 을 동시에 사용하는 경우라면 V7 에서 제공하는 dbshut을
사용하도록 한다.

Dear Alexdelarg,
First launch the "Services" applet from the Windows NT Control Panel. Double-click on the "OracleService<SID>" service and verify that "Startup Type" is set to "Automatic", "Log On As" is set to "System Account", and that the "Allow Service to Interact with Desktop" check box is disabled.
Then launch REGEDIT and check that the Value String ORA_<SID>AUTOSTART within the key My Computer\HKEYLOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE is set to "TRUE".
If the above does not rectify your startup problem, try issuing the following command from the Command Prompt:
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\oradim -edit -sid <SID> -startmode auto
where <ORACLE_HOME> is the full path of your Oracle8i Server software and <SID> is the Service Identifier of your database.
Hope this helps!

Oracle 8i Automatic Startup/shutdown on NT

After installing Oracle 8.1.6 on Win NT/2000 and creating a database a new service is created too (OracleServiceSID). My problem is that this new service (which works like oradim starting srvc,inst) does not startup the db when rebooting the machine. I need always manual startup/shutdown with a script that uses svrmgrl while in Oracle guides it seems that would be enough to start the service. Every parameter in the registry is set according to these guides to permit automatic startup/shutdown but only the service, not the db, starts and stops automatically. Where is my error?
Thanks
Alex
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Dear Alexdelarg,
First launch the "Services" applet from the Windows NT Control Panel. Double-click on the "OracleService<SID>" service and verify that "Startup Type" is set to "Automatic", "Log On As" is set to "System Account", and that the "Allow Service to Interact with Desktop" check box is disabled.
Then launch REGEDIT and check that the Value String ORA_<SID>AUTOSTART within the key My Computer\HKEYLOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE is set to "TRUE".
If the above does not rectify your startup problem, try issuing the following command from the Command Prompt:
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\oradim -edit -sid <SID> -startmode auto
where <ORACLE_HOME> is the full path of your Oracle8i Server software and <SID> is the Service Identifier of your database.
Hope this helps!

How to find history of instance startups/shutdowns?

Hi,
how can i find history of instance startups/shutdowns ?
Thanks in advance.

hi,
You can find instance startup/shutdown history in alert log file.
Follow the below steps.
1. SQL> show parametr back;
background_dump_dest string /u02/oracle/admin/test_db/bdump
This is the location of my bdump folder.
2. Got to the location.
3. ls alert*
alert_test_db.log
Regards,
Ranjan

How to startup 10G automatically after reboot????

How to startup 10G automatically after reboot????
Is the same thing that we did with 9i?
Create a script e link this on /etc/rc......?? Is that?
Please send me an example.
Tks,
Paulo Portugal.

Yes, use /etc/rc. The following are 3 start scripts. Modify it to fit it into /etc/rc start/stop model.
==> 1. start the DB:
#!/bin/ksh
# ==> start the DB:
ORACLE_SID=xadv1
export ORACLE_SID
ORACLE_HOME=/software/xadv1_infra
export ORACLE_HOME
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:$ORIG_LD_LIBRARY_PATH
PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/dcm/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/opmn/bin:$ORIG_PATH
lsnrctl start
lsnrctl status
PASSWD=`cat $HOME/xadv1/sh/system_passwd.pwd`
sqlplus /nolog<<EOF
connect SYSTEM/$PASSWD as SYSDBA
startup
EOF
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