are you running more than one Oracle instance? you should see ora_<sid>_smon -- is the value of sid the same as that of the database that you shutdown?
did the database you think you shut down, shut down properly? --- Sujatha Madan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > If I have shutdown my database doesn't that mean that all the smon, > pmon > processes will be killed??? > > After I shutdown my db and I do a ps -ef | grep ora I still see pmon, > smon, > lgwr etc processes. > > I am running HP-UX and v 8.1.7 > > Cheers, > > Sujatha > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Sujatha Madan > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing > Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
