How do I start Oracle service in UNIX?

Q. I am using Solaris UNIX. How can I start Oracle service / server in UNIX from a shell prompt?

A. In order to start Oracle service in UNIX you need to login as a Oracle user.

Use su - command to login as oracle user.

Start Oracle server in UNIX

Type the following command, enter:
$ su - oracle
Now use lsnrctl command to start service (usually located at /home/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/bin directory):
$ lsnrctl start
Next start database:
$ dbstart

Stop Oracle service in UNIX

To stop Oracle servuice type following two commands:
$ lsnrctl stop
$ dbshut

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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Carros Brasília 06.02.08 at 5:21 pm

I’m traying to start oracle but it is consuming 90% of a quad core server.
Any tip to solve this problem?

2 Markus 06.05.08 at 7:09 pm

I ran these commands in Fedora 9 (Oracle 11g), but it’s saying:

ORACLE_HOME_LISTNER is not SET, unable to auto-start Oracle Net Listener
Usage: /u01/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/bin/dbstart ORACLE_HOME

3 shrish awasthi 04.05.09 at 7:18 am

hi
i am a system eng. and i missing some script so plz let me know i have a linur server and 10g 0racle databasse and its for flight information display system so i add a new display system and configured it after that i used a commend cd /solids/Disckonmodule/UPT_TFT then enter
after that i update the that one tft who is new one
#./TFTupd.sh PDD011 whatever name but display not come and befour it i updated same type display

so plz help me
thanks and waiting fo rrespons

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