Why does the DB abort after startup

[bibbib]

Hi all,
On one of my (oracle 9i) databases I have had an error during startup after the server was halted for a memory upgrade. It begins startup and everything looks fine. Then after it has completed "ALTER DATABASE OPEN" the alertlog says "Shutting Down Instance (abort)"
After this event Oracle tried to start the database again, but it wouldnt mount and had te be mounted manualy.

Why would it do something weird like this?

Thanks,

bibbib

[davey23uk]

why was the instance aborted

[bibbib]

the server had to be taken down to install extra memory. What I did was this:
I took the database down by means of a script that does that every night to perform a cold backup.
After it was taken down I switched my IBM p-Series to halt mode using the AIX command "shutdown -h now"
then powercord was removed from mains and memory installed.
after installation of memory server was powered up again
databases were brought back up with help of another script we use after the backup.
from the 10 databases on that system 9 started normaly, one of them displayed the mentioned error in its alert log. from the remainder of the log i can read that listener for this database didnt start either.

[bibbib]

why was the instance aborted

Thats what I'm asking. Why would a database abort after starting up for no appearant reason. All I did was shut down the server (p-Series on AIX) in a tidy way, install memory and start up again.

[tamilselvan]

Do you see any memory related error message in the UNIX log?

[PAVB]

Thats what I'm asking. Why would a database abort after starting up for no appearant reason. All I did was shut down the server (p-Series on AIX) in a tidy way, install memory and start up again.

Please post relevant section of the Alert Log.

[bibbib]

The relevant section from the alert log.

Tue Mar 18 17:54:54 2008
Shutting down instance: further logons disabled
Shutting down instance (immediate)
License high water mark = 6
Tue Mar 18 17:54:58 2008
ALTER DATABASE CLOSE NORMAL
Tue Mar 18 17:54:58 2008
SMON: disabling tx recovery
SMON: disabling cache recovery
Tue Mar 18 17:55:00 2008
Shutting down archive processes
Archiving is disabled
Archive process shutdown avoided: 0 active
Thread 1 closed at log sequence 57
Successful close of redo thread 1
Tue Mar 18 17:55:02 2008
Completed: ALTER DATABASE CLOSE NORMAL
Tue Mar 18 17:55:02 2008
ALTER DATABASE DISMOUNT
Completed: ALTER DATABASE DISMOUNT
ARCH: Archiving is disabled
Shutting down archive processes
Archiving is disabled
Archive process shutdown avoided: 0 active
ARCH: Archiving is disabled
Shutting down archive processes
Archiving is disabled
Archive process shutdown avoided: 0 active
Tue Mar 18 18:28:55 2008
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
LICENSE_MAX_SESSION = 0
LICENSE_SESSIONS_WARNING = 0
SCN scheme 3
Using log_archive_dest parameter default value
LICENSE_MAX_USERS = 0
SYS auditing is disabled
Starting up ORACLE RDBMS Version: 9.2.0.7.0.
System parameters with non-default values:
processes = 500
timed_statistics = TRUE
shared_pool_size = 33554432
large_pool_size = 8388608
java_pool_size = 0
nls_language = DUTCH
nls_territory = THE NETHERLANDS
control_files = /U111/oradata/bib/control01.ctl, /U111/oradata/bib/control02.ctl, /U111/oradata/bib/control03.ctl
db_block_size = 8192
db_cache_size = 25165824
compatible = 9.2.0.0.0
db_file_multiblock_read_count= 16
fast_start_mttr_target = 300
dml_locks = 250
undo_management = AUTO
undo_tablespace = UNDOTBS1
undo_retention = 10800
remote_login_passwordfile= EXCLUSIVE
db_domain =
instance_name = bib
job_queue_processes = 10
hash_join_enabled = TRUE
background_dump_dest = /opt/oracle/admin/bib/bdump
user_dump_dest = /opt/oracle/admin/bib/udump
core_dump_dest = /opt/oracle/admin/bib/cdump
sort_area_size = 524288
db_name = bib
open_cursors = 300
optimizer_mode = RULE
star_transformation_enabled= FALSE
query_rewrite_enabled = FALSE
pga_aggregate_target = 51380224
aq_tm_processes = 1
PMON started with pid=2
DBW0 started with pid=3
LGWR started with pid=4
CKPT started with pid=5
SMON started with pid=6
RECO started with pid=7
CJQ0 started with pid=8
QMN0 started with pid=9
Tue Mar 18 18:28:55 2008
ALTER DATABASE MOUNT
Tue Mar 18 18:28:59 2008
Successful mount of redo thread 1, with mount id 3617986663
Tue Mar 18 18:28:59 2008
Database mounted in Exclusive Mode.
Completed: ALTER DATABASE MOUNT
Tue Mar 18 18:28:59 2008
ALTER DATABASE OPEN
Tue Mar 18 18:28:59 2008
Thread 1 opened at log sequence 57
Current log# 3 seq# 57 mem# 0: /U111/oradata/bib/redo03.log
Successful open of redo thread 1
Tue Mar 18 18:28:59 2008
SMON: enabling cache recovery
Tue Mar 18 18:29:00 2008
Successfully onlined Undo Tablespace 1.
Tue Mar 18 18:29:00 2008
SMON: enabling tx recovery
Tue Mar 18 18:29:00 2008
Database Characterset is WE8MSWIN1252
replication_dependency_tracking turned off (no async multimaster replication found)
Completed: ALTER DATABASE OPEN
Shutting down instance (abort)
License high water mark = 3
Instance terminated by USER, pid = 991480

[bibbib]

Do you see any memory related error message in the UNIX log?

No, just something mentioning the TNS listener isnt running.

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[PAVB]

Please check for trace files generated after "Tue Mar 18 18:29:00 2008"