Sometimes it does matter what is stopped rather than the order, but we can't tell why the original poster was asking. It depends on your environment. For example, one site I worked at had a separate listener for every database in their environment. Their reasoning was they made life easier for themselves when doing maintenance because they could just stop the listener and not worry about whether the database was accessible to normal users or not i.e. they didn't need to start the database in restricted mode, give extra privileges to application owner accounts temporarily while doing the maintenance and so on. This was for maintenance that required the app owner to log in to verify changes).
On the other hand, if you have a single listener for all your databases and you want to do maintenance on just one, you would not want to stop the listener at all. Coming back to the original question, though, there is no dependency on the order, as you stated. Pete "Controlling developers is like herding cats." Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook "Oh no, it's not. It's much harder than that!" Bruce Pihlamae, long-term Oracle DBA -----Original Message----- Mercadante, Thomas F Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 9:04 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L David, it just doesn't matter. why do you even feel the need to shut the listener down? Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 9:59 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Should the databases be shutdown before the listener or the other way around. A DBA here (actually at Service Provider) believes that the listener has to be shutdown before the databases in 8i according to some documentation (they can't recall). I am proposing: Set Oracle 817 environment shutdown database stop 817 listener set Oracle 806 environment stop 806 listener They feel it should be the other order: Shutdown Listeners Shutdown databases Any comments and/or issues David _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: david davis INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Mercadante, Thomas F INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Pete Sharman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
