Shutting Down and Starting Up Using Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control

You can shut down and start the Oracle instance from the Database Home page of Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control (Database Control).

To shut down and start the Oracle instance using Database Control:

1. Go to the Database Home page.

   See "Accessing the Database Home Page".

2. In the General section of the Database Home page, click Shutdown.

   The Startup/Shutdown Credentials page appears.

3. Enter credentials as follows:

   1. Enter the host computer credentials of the user who installed Oracle Database, or of any user who is authorized to use SQL*Plus.

   2. Enter the database credentials consisting of the user name SYS and the password that you assigned to SYS during the installation.

   3. In the Connect As list, choose the value SYSOPER.

4. (Optional) Select the Save as Preferred Credential option if you want these credentials to be automatically filled in for you the next time that this page appears.

5. Click OK.

   A confirmation page appears.

6. Click Yes to start the SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE operation on the database.

   The Startup/Shutdown: Activity Information page appears, informing you that the database is being shut down.

7. After a short period (approximately 2 minutes), click Refresh to be returned to the Database Home page.

   The Database Home page indicates that the database instance status is Down.

8. Click Startup to start the database.

   The Startup/Shutdown Credential page appears again.

9. Enter the credentials, and then click OK.

   A confirmation page appears.

10. Click Yes.

    The Startup page appears, indicating that the database is being started up. When startup is complete, the Login page appears.

11. Log in to the database (and to Database Control).

    The Database Home page appears indicating that the database instance status is Up.