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How To Start Oracle Service On Windows Without Opening The Database (Doc ID 1270846.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 30, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.6 and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Generic Windows

Goal

How to start the Windows Oracle service without starting the instance?

Note that the service as such needs to be started to investigate possible instance startup problems by manually starting the instance/database in nomount, mount and open stages.

Solution

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