Originally posted by ramaral

I just installed this on the Sun box. Got the database software installed and a database up and running. Now I am trying to setup the start and stop scripts for the when the machine gets rebooted, etc.

Seems that the scripts are having a problem shutting down the instance (don't know about the sartup yet)., ie. scripts connect but the shutdown command does not get initiated.

Thing is the scripts that I am using are the ones that came with the database ($ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbshut and dbstart). Ones that oracle bundled. I took a look at them and they are old scripts. (go figure). (I also copied working ones from a Solaris 8 machine and those have a problem too).
90% of the time, these problems are due to environment variables not being setup correctly. I would write a script that echos your EVs during startup/shutdown.

Does dbstart/dbshut work from the command line as the oracle software owner? If yes, you've got an environment variable problem.