VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.1 Oracle Administrator's Guide

Chapter 13, Using the VxDBA Utility
Prerelease 8 September 2005, 8:55am Using VxDBA to Perform Administrative Operations
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Starting Up a Database Instance
The VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle software package includes adaptable scripts that are
run automatically when starting the database using the VxDBA utility. You can modify these scripts
to run other tools and applications or to start and stop other services before and/or after database
startup. For example, you could modify the scripts to ensure the database TCP listener is also
correctly started.
The following scripts are included in the
/etc/vx/vxdba/$ORACLE_SID directory:
◆ startup.pre
◆ startup.post
These scripts are copied from the system-wide default files, located in /opt/VRTSdbed/lib
directory:
◆ startup.pre.base
◆ startup.post.base
Use the Startup Database Instance menu option to bring the Oracle instance online. You must
define the $ORACLE_SID and $ORACLE_HOME environment variables before attempting to start
up the database instance.
This operation displays a screen similar to the following:
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VxDBA: Startup Database Instance - PROD
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Database pre-startup script completed.
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 25034736 bytes
Fixed Size 69616 bytes
Variable Size 24670208 bytes
Database Buffers 204800 bytes
Redo Buffers 90112 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.
Oracle instance PROD successfully started.
Database post-startup script completed.
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