| Shut down immediate is taking too much time [message #314521] |
Thu, 17 April 2008 01:05  |
MELAKU
Messages: 32
Registered: April 2007
Location: ETHIOPIA
|
Member |
|
|
Dear experts,
My databse is serving one of the Bank working here in my country. We always take cold backup at the end of the day by SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE command. My question is that in SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE sometimes it takes few minutes like 1 to 5 minutes and in many case it takes 45 to 60 minutes. Why do you think the reason is? Do we have a mechanism that we can tune so that the SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE is fast? I need your usual cooperation.
Melaku K.
|
|
|
|
| Re: Shut down immediate is taking too much time [message #314525 is a reply to message #314521] |
Thu, 17 April 2008 01:24  |
varu123
Messages: 754
Registered: October 2007
|
Senior Member |
|
|
shutdown immediate rollsback all the uncommitted transactions.
So it takes time but i don't understand why it is called "immediate".
There is nothing immediate about it.
If it takes a lot of time then from another session,issue shutdown abort.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Re: Shut down immediate is taking too much time [message #314619 is a reply to message #314526] |
Thu, 17 April 2008 05:35 |
MELAKU
Messages: 32
Registered: April 2007
Location: ETHIOPIA
|
Member |
|
|
Hi Michel,
I think my question is not clear to you. I didn't ask about the type of shutdown options and their meanings. All are clear. My problem is that when I use SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE, sometimes the time it is taking is very short and another time too long. For instance if I shutdown my database and restart and next do again SHUTDOWN IMMEDIAT, it is taking too much time upto 45 minutes or sometimes more. Why is this? What is the logic behind it? That was my question.
Regards,
Melaku K.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Re: Shut down immediate is taking too much time [message #314681 is a reply to message #314634] |
Thu, 17 April 2008 08:28 |
MELAKU
Messages: 32
Registered: April 2007
Location: ETHIOPIA
|
Member |
|
|
Hi Michel,
I have seen the text which I know before from the link. Here is the text:
"Any uncommitted transactions are rolled back. (If long uncommitted transactions exist, this method of shutdown might not complete quickly, despite its name.)"
But, why it is taking too much time for a database which has been SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE, RESTART and again SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE. At least the second SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE has to be completed fast. What is the reason for the database to take time for the case where there are no many (or zero) uncommitted transactions ??
Regards,
Melaku K.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Re: Shut down immediate is taking too much time [message #314691 is a reply to message #314684] |
Thu, 17 April 2008 08:47 |
MELAKU
Messages: 32
Registered: April 2007
Location: ETHIOPIA
|
Member |
|
|
Dear Anacedent,
I know shutdown abort is faster. But, I can not do that because I have to do shutdown immediate for doing different purposes like to take cold back up and so on. My question here is that if shutdown immediate is taking too much time because of uncommitted transactions roll back, why it is so slow again after several times shutdown immediate. There must be other steps that the database does during shutdown immediate. I need those activities that the database does during shutdown immediate.
Regards,
Melaku K.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Re: Shut down immediate is taking too much time [message #314984 is a reply to message #314969] |
Fri, 18 April 2008 08:04 |
 |
Michel Cadot
Messages: 68649
Registered: March 2007
Location: Nanterre, France, http://...
|
Senior Member
Account Moderator |
|
|
| Quote: | Or it is an example of
Redundancy is the best way to teach idiots.
Redundancy is the best way to teach idiots.
Redundancy is the best way to teach idiots.
Redundancy is the best way to teach idiots.
|
Hmm, I always asked myself if this works.
Maybe the same way than "alter system switch logfile 2-3 times"
Regards
Michel
[Updated on: Fri, 18 April 2008 08:06] Report message to a moderator |
|
|
|
| Re: Shut down immediate is taking too much time [message #314994 is a reply to message #314984] |
Fri, 18 April 2008 08:42 |
MELAKU
Messages: 32
Registered: April 2007
Location: ETHIOPIA
|
Member |
|
|
Oh, Michel and Anacedants
I think we need to be polite in responding. It is better not to help people than insulting. For the question that I logged, someone has proposed a solution (i.e. logswitch 2-3 times). This is what the person believes. It is upto the person who loged that to take the suggestion. It is not good to talk like this.
But, I realy appreciate the support of you two experts that you made to all of us. However, I didn't get appropriate answer for the question that I raised. I checked the link that Michel gave me but doesn't justify/ answers why SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE is not fast when there are no transactions committed/ uncommited. Any way thank you.
Melaku K.
|
|
|
|
| Re: Shut down immediate is taking too much time [message #314999 is a reply to message #314521] |
Fri, 18 April 2008 09:08 |
 |
BlackSwan
Messages: 26766
Registered: January 2009
Location: SoCal
|
Senior Member |
|
|
>why SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE is not fast when there are no transactions committed/ uncommited.
What eveidence to you have to support the contention that about transactions?
On both V10 & more so on V11 Oracle is doing a bunch of work in the "background"; all of which execution transactions.
If you want to see the gory details, use LOGMINER to observe all the changes (DML) occurring within the instance.
|
|
|
|
] 
Blog
Search
Help
Members
Register
Login
Home
