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How to startup oracle database 11g (test) after linux (centOS) rebooted?

Asked by: fsze88

Dear Sir/Madam

I have installed oracle 11g onto linux (centOS) and it works fine. But everytimes I reboot linux (centOS), I need to start the database (test) manually.
Why is this happens?

I would like to know how to startup database (test) automatically everytimes I reboot the centOS 5 server?
I need to run following everytimes after centOS has been rebooted.

[oracle@localhost ~]$ export ORACLE_SID=test
[oracle@localhost ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 11.1.0.6.0 - Production on Thu May 29 21:10:10 2008
Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.6.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
SQL> startup

any method(s) that make the database startup automatically after linux(centOS) rebooted?

Thanks
Francis SZE

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Answers

 

by: sonicefuPosted on 2008-05-29 at 06:24:09ID: 21668845

set these environment variables in the oracle software installation owner, for instance oracle

 

by: sonicefuPosted on 2008-05-29 at 06:34:20ID: 21668926

Setting Oracle Enviroment Variables

Edit the /home/oracle/.bash_profile file and add following lines:

you can see an example as follows

ORACLE_BASE=/opt/oracle
ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/111
ORACLE_SID=ORCL
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib
PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin
 
export ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH 

                                              
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by: sdstuberPosted on 2008-05-29 at 06:37:06ID: 21668944

what does your /etc/oratab  look like?

 

by: sdstuberPosted on 2008-05-29 at 06:38:37ID: 21668959

Your /etc/oratab should have something like this...  The "Y" at the end is the autostart flag

YOUR_INSTANCE_NAME:/oracle/product/11.1:Y  

 

by: sonicefuPosted on 2008-05-29 at 06:42:37ID: 21668995

For Auto Startup and Shutdown of Database and Listener

1)
Login as root and modify /etc/oratab file and change last character to Y for apropriate database.
ORCL:/opt/oracle/111:Y

-------->> before changing it should look like ORCL:/opt/oracle/111:N

2)
As root user create new file "oracle" (init script for startup and shutdown the database) in /etc/init.d/ directory with following content:

#!/bin/bash
#
# oracle Init file for starting and stopping
# Oracle Database. Script is valid for 10g and 11g versions.
#
# chkconfig: 35 80 30
# description: Oracle Database startup script

# Source function library.

. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

ORACLE_OWNER="oracle"
ORACLE_HOME="/opt/oracle/111"

case "$1" in
start)
echo -n $"Starting Oracle DB:"
su - $ORACLE_OWNER -c "$ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbstart $ORACLE_HOME"
echo "OK"
;;
stop)
echo -n $"Stopping Oracle DB:"
su - $ORACLE_OWNER -c "$ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbshut $ORACLE_HOME"
echo "OK"
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
esac

3)
Execute (as root) following commands (First script change the permissions, second script is configuring execution for specific runlevels):

chmod 750 /etc/init.d/oracle
chkconfig --add oracle --level 0356

 

by: schwertnerPosted on 2008-05-29 at 06:49:21ID: 21669058

To start automatically you database you should set  the entry in /etc/oratab to Y.
like
TSH1:/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0:Y
After that you should put the file dbora (see the sniplet) in
 "/etc/init.d/dbora" as the root user.

Use the chmod command to set the privileges to 750.

chmod 750 /etc/init.d/dbora
Associate the dbora service with the appropriate run levels and set it to auto-start using the following command.

chkconfig --level 345 dbora on
The relevant instances should now startup/shutdown automatically at system startup/shutdown.


#!/bin/sh
#
# chkconfig: 35 99 10
# description: Starts and Stops Oracle processes
#
# Note:222813.1 on the Metalink
#
#Set ORA_HOME to be equivalent to the ORACLE_HOME
#from which you wish to execute
#dbstart and dbshut
#
#Set ORA_OWNER to the user id of the owner of the
#Oracle database in ORA_HOME
#
ORA_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0
ORA_OWNER=oracle
if [ ! -f $ORA_HOME/bin/dbstart ]
then
   echo "Oracle startup: cannot start"
   exit
fi
case "$1" in
'start')
        # Start the Oracle databases:
        # The following command assumes that the Oracle login will not prompt the 
        # user for any values
        echo "O R A C L E   S T A R T S"
# Start of the Listener included in dbstart in 10g Rel2	
        su - $ORA_OWNER -c "$ORA_HOME/bin/dbstart $ORA_HOME" 
        wait
	su - $ORA_OWNER -c "$ORA_HOME/bin/emctl start dbconsole"
	wait
	su - $ORA_OWNER -c "$ORA_HOME/bin/isqlplusctl start"
	wait
        ;;
'stop')
        # Stop the Oracle databases:
        # The following command assumes that the Oracle login will not prompt the 
        # user for any values
        echo "O R A C L E     S T O P S"
        su - $ORA_OWNER -c "$ORA_HOME/bin/dbshut $ORA_HOME"
        wait
# Stop of the Listener included in dbshut in 10g Rel2
        ;;
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by: sdstuberPosted on 2008-05-29 at 06:58:03ID: 21669135

if you have /etc/rc.d/rc.local

you can simply add "/oracle/product/11.1/bin/dbstart" to it

and it will iterate through your /etc/oratab looking for Y and W databases (W means "wait" for ASM to get ready before starting, Y means start it immediately)

 

by: sonicefuPosted on 2008-05-29 at 21:51:12ID: 21675290

To get rid of setting environment variables (for instance ORACLE_SID=test) each time after rebooting your test server and to get complete understanding about Automating Database Startup and Shutdown, check the following links

http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b15658/strt_stp.htm#CFAHAHGA

http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/linux/AutomatingDatabaseStartupAndShutdownOnLinux.php

 

by: fsze88Posted on 2008-05-29 at 22:33:01ID: 21675441

Dear sdstuber

I have followed your instrauction to add /opt/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/bin/dbstart to the file /etc/rd.d/rc.local
But the server (centOS) said the variable of ORACLE_HOME_LISTENER has not been set.

Am I need to set the value of ORACLE_HOME_LISTENER before run dbstart ?
What is the value of ORACLE_HOME_LISTENER to be set?
The value of ORACLE_HOME_LISTENER to be set in which file?

Thanks
Francis SZE

 

by: fsze88Posted on 2008-05-29 at 22:49:27ID: 21675491

Dear schwertner

[oracle@localhost ~]$ su root
Password:
[root@localhost oracle]# cd /etc/init.d
[root@localhost init.d]# chkconfig --level 345 dbora on
bash: chkconfig: command not found

Where is the command "chkconfig"?


Thanks
Francis SZE

 

by: sonicefuPosted on 2008-05-29 at 22:50:02ID: 21675493

To solve this problem please follow the steps.

1) Edit $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbstart
2) Goto line 78
3) Replace the line with ORACLE_HOME_LISTNER=$ORACLE_HOME
4) Save and exit the editor.
5) Now re-execute the dbstart and check, you'll see that it will work properly

 

by: sonicefuPosted on 2008-05-29 at 22:59:59ID: 21675531

check the following to see the use of chkconfig

man chkconfig

or
 
http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-services-chkconfig.html

 

by: fsze88Posted on 2008-05-29 at 23:25:23ID: 21675623

Dear sonicefu

After I re-execute the dbstart and have a look of /opt/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/startup.log
The content as is following, and the database (test) still not startup

/opt/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/bin/dbstart: Starting up database "test"
Fri May 30 14:10:58 CST 2008
SQL*Plus: Release 11.1.0.6.0 - Production on Fri May 30 14:10:59 2008
Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
SQL> ERROR:
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
SQL> ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
SQL>
/opt/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/bin/dbstart: Database instance "test" warm started.

Please help
warm regards

Francis SZE

 

by: sonicefuPosted on 2008-05-29 at 23:34:15ID: 21675659

i think you executed dbstart when you were connected to the root user.

connect to the oracle software owner user

for example username is oracle

su - oracle

and then execute dbstart

 

by: sonicefuPosted on 2008-05-29 at 23:37:32ID: 21675672

or

edit SQLNET.ORA file as follows, it exists in  $ORACLE_HOME\network\admin
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NTS)

after saving this file


execute dbstart

 

by: fsze88Posted on 2008-05-29 at 23:57:00ID: 21675738

Dear sonicefu

Yes I edited the file SQLNET.ORA and add a line SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NTS)

After that run ./dbstart by the user oracle
I give some error as following.

[oracle@localhost bin]$ pwd
/opt/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/bin
[oracle@localhost bin]$ ./dbstart
./dbstart: line 90: /opt/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/listener.log: Permission denied
./dbstart: line 91: /opt/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/listener.log: Permission denied
touch: cannot touch `/opt/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/startup.log': Permission denied
chmod: changing permissions of `/opt/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/startup.log': Operation not permitted
Processing Database instance "test": log file /opt/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/startup.log
./dbstart: line 343: /opt/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/startup.log: Permission denied

The content of the file /opt/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/network/admin/sqlnet.ora is

NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES, EZCONNECT)
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NTS)

Many thanks

Francis SZE

 

by: schwertnerPosted on 2008-05-29 at 23:59:42ID: 21675749

To test if it starts or shutdown simply invoke
./dbora start
./dbora stop

You should be connected as 'oracle' user and all environment variables should be set correctly.

chkconfig should be run as 'root' user.
It is possibly in /user/bin

 

by: fsze88Posted on 2008-05-30 at 00:16:23ID: 21675793

Dear schwertner
Same,
I am using
1)"oracle" user then cd /etc/init.d
2)run ./dbora start
3)asking me the password of the user "oracle" and type it in
4)that gave me SAME error as previous message (Operation not permitted, Permission denied)

Many Thanks :>

Francis SZE



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