Automating Database Startup and Shutdown on Linux (Startup and

Listener)

Oracle 11gR2+ Update

Edit the "/etc/oratab" file setting the restart flag for each instance to 'Y'.
aims:/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0:Y

Create a file called "/etc/init.d/dbora" as the root user, containing the following.
#!/bin/sh
# chkconfig: 345 99 10
# description: Oracle auto start-stop script.
#
# Set ORA_OWNER to the user id of the owner of the
# Oracle database software.
ORA_OWNER=oracle
case "$1" in
'start')
# Start the Oracle databases:
# The following command assumes that the oracle login
# will not prompt the user for any values
# Remove "&" if you don't want startup as a background process.
su $ORA_OWNER -c "/home/oracle/scripts/startup.sh >>
/home/oracle/scripts/startup_shutdown.log 2>&1" &
touch /var/lock/subsys/dbora
;;
'stop')
# Stop the Oracle databases:
# The following command assumes that the oracle login
# will not prompt the user for any values
su $ORA_OWNER -c "/home/oracle/scripts/shutdown.sh >>
/home/oracle/scripts/startup_shutdown.log 2>&1"
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/dbora
;;
esac

Use the chmod command to set the privileges to 750.

chmod 750 /etc/init.d/dbora

Associate the dbora service with the appropriate run levels and set it to auto-start using the
following command.
# chkconfig --add dbora
or use
# /sbin/chkconfig --add dbora

Next, we must create the "startup.sh" and "shutdown.sh" scripts in the

"/home/oracle/scripts". First create the directory.
# mkdir -p /home/oracle/scripts
# chown oracle.oinstall /home/oracle/scripts

The "/home/oracle/scripts/startup.sh" script should contain the following commands.

#!/bin/bash
export
export
export
export
export

TMP=/tmp
TMPDIR=$TMP
PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
ORACLE_HOSTNAME= aims.aimsoft.co.ke
ORACLE_UNQNAME=aims

export ORACLE_SID=aims
ORAENV_ASK=NO
. oraenv
ORAENV_ASK=YES
# Start Listener
lsnrctl start
# Start Database
sqlplus / as sysdba << EOF
STARTUP;
EXIT;
EOF

The "/home/oracle/scripts/shutdown.sh" script is similar.

#!/bin/bash
export
export
export
export
export

TMP=/tmp
TMPDIR=$TMP
PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
ORACLE_HOSTNAME= aims.aimsoft.co.ke
ORACLE_UNQNAME=aims

export ORACLE_SID=aims
ORAENV_ASK=NO
. oraenv
ORAENV_ASK=YES
# Stop Database
sqlplus / as sysdba << EOF
SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE;
EXIT;
EOF
# Stop Listener
lsnrctl stop

Note. You could move the environment settings into the "dbora" file or into a separate file
that is sourced in the startup and shutdown script. I kept it local to the script so you could
see the type of things that need to be set in case you have to write a script to deal with
multiple installations, instances and listeners.
Make sure the permissions and ownership of the files is correct.
# chmod u+x /home/oracle/scripts/startup.sh /home/oracle/scripts/shutdown.sh
# chown oracle.oinstall /home/oracle/scripts/startup.sh
/home/oracle/scripts/shutdown.sh

The listener and database will now start and stop automatically with the machine. You can
test them using the following command as the "root" user.
# service dbora start or # /sbin/service dbora start
# service dbora stop or # /sbin/service dbora stop