What To Do and Not To Do When 'shutdown immediate' Hangs or What to do before shutdown database to avoid tx recovery (Doc ID 375935.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

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Goal

What to do when shutdown immediate appears to hang:
Sometimes, the message 'Waiting for smon to disable tx recovery' is posted in the alert log.
This note only addresses situations when the apparent hang occurs when the database is going from OPEN to DISMOUNT, which is actually the most common situation.
If the apparent hang occurs at a different step, then this note does not apply.

Solution

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