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On 2003.08.22 00:34, Tim Gorman wrote:
I think the reasoning falls somewhere between the utterly rational and the
insanely superstitious...

I�ve known people who would keep repeating �sync� until their fingers
started tripping over one another, so I tend to see three �sync�s as the
minimum.  At least, that�s how it was explained to me 20 years ago:  �by the
time you type it in for the third time, the first one has done the job�...

Go ahead, type in �sync� just once. I dare ya...



on 8/21/03 9:04 AM, Tanel Poder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I've always wondered why 3 syncs. Is it quaranteed, that after *exactly 3*
> syncs everything has been written to disk? Or it more like that after that
> number of syncs, most of the changes should be on disk? (sounds stupid)
>
> Tanel.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Tim Gorman <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 12:04 AM
>> Subject: Re: URGENT!!! My 9i databases are not shutting down cleanly/cons
>>
>> I�d suggest throwing a couple ALTER SYSTEM CHECKPOINT commands just prior
to
>> the SHUTDOWN ABORT, to help speed up the subsequent STARTUP (and just to
make
>> me feel better)...
>>
>> Does anyone remember the UNIX mantra of entering �sync; sync; sync� before
>> �halt�?  :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> on 8/20/03 11:09 AM, April Wells at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>> We have started waiting 90 min then do shutdown abort, startup, shutdown
>>> immediate
>>>
>>> April Wells
>>> Oracle DBA/Oracle Apps DBA
>>> Corporate Systems
>>> Amarillo Texas
>>>
>>> Few people really enjoy the simple pleasure of flying a kite
>>> Adam Wells age 11
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 12:54 PM
>>>> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>>>> Subject: RE: URGENT!!! My 9i databases are not shutting down
cleanly/cons
>>>>
>>>> Which brings up that thread of - if they are hard to shutdown and
possibly
>>>> going to crash anyway then ..... why not just wait some period of time
and
>>>> do the old shutdown abort.
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: April Wells [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 1:00 PM
>>>>> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>>>>> Subject: RE: URGENT!!! My 9i databases are not shutting down
cleanly/cons
>>>>>
>>>>> We do, Paula... both in 9.0.1.3 and 9.2.0.2 we have trouble getting
them
>>>>> to shutdown elegantly... and they sometimes crash
>>>>>
>>>>> April Wells
>>>>> Oracle DBA/Oracle Apps DBA
>>>>> Corporate Systems
>>>>> Amarillo Texas
>>>>>
>>>>> Few people really enjoy the simple pleasure of flying a kite
>>>>> Adam Wells age 11
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:50 AM
>>>>>> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>>>>>> Subject: RE: URGENT!!! My 9i databases are not shutting down
cleanly/cons
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW, nothing happening in terms of processes that would hang-up the
>>>>>> system.  Also, I have check alert and trace files and there are no
>>>>>> obvious errors.
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 12:25 PM
>>>>>>> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>>>>>>> Subject: RE: URGENT!!! My 9i databases are not shutting down
>>>>>>> cleanly/cons
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There seems to be a problem with consistent shutdowns in 9i
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oracle 9i 64bit
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 9.0.1.3.0 - infrastructure database that comes with the application
>>>>>>> server
>>>>>>> 9.2.0.1.0 - that is the version of RDBMS we are running.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Does anyone have problems shutting down their databases consistently
>>>>>>> with 9i?????
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