shutdown not possible

Have u seen this?

http://ora-01149.ora-code.com/

Hi,

Pls check the below scenairo and the solution....

SQL> alter tablespace system begin backup;

Tablespace altered.

SQL> shut immediate;
ORA-01149: cannot shutdown - file 1 has online backup set
ORA-01110: data file 1: '+DATA1/testdb/datafile/system.347.778438247'
SQL> select * from V$backup;

     FILE# STATUS                CHANGE# TIME
---------- ------------------ ---------- ---------
         1 ACTIVE                 179059 22-MAR-12
         2 NOT ACTIVE                  0
         3 NOT ACTIVE                  0
         4 NOT ACTIVE                  0

SQL> select distinct ('alter tablespace  ' || a.name || ' end backup ; ') "Tablespace in Backup mode" from V$tablespace a, V$datafile b , V$backup c where b.file# = c.file# and
b.ts# = a.ts# and c.status = 'ACTIVE';

Tablespace in Backup mode
--------------------------------------------------------------
alter tablespace  SYSTEM end backup ;

SQL> alter tablespace  SYSTEM end backup ;

Tablespace altered.

SQL> shut immediate;
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.

manzoor_dba, please don't post duplicate information, the scenario which you have illustrated had already explained in simple words in my comment already,

fyi.. just refer

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