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ORA-1089 During Shutdown Immediate (Doc ID 1014091.102)

Last updated on JANUARY 21, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 7.3.4.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

You issue a shutdown immediate and receive the following error:

ORA-01089: immediate shutdown in progress - no operations are permitted
Cause: The SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE command was used to shut down a running Oracle instance, terminating any active operations.
Action: Wait for the instance to be restarted or contact the database administrator.

You may be running a shutdown script that performs a shutdown abort, then a startup, followed by a shutdown immediate.
The error is recorded in the alert log, and a trace file is generated by one or more snp processes.

Cause

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