startup scripts working or not?

[Greta Blamire]

HPUX 11.0 on a HP9000 K260
I'm having some strange error messages with my oracle (8.04) database that makes me think the script to shut it down when the system reboots isn't working. This is from my /etc/rc.log:
Starting the Oracle subsystem
Output from "/sbin/rc3.d/S997oracle start":
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"/sbin/rc3.d/S997oracle start" SKIPPED

Starting the Gembase subsystem
Output from "/sbin/rc3.d/S998gembase start":
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"/sbin/rc3.d/S998gembase start" SKIPPED

Starting the Gem_Client subsystem
Output from "/sbin/rc3.d/S999rencs start":
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"/sbin/rc3.d/S999rencs start" SKIPPED

The skipped messages is new to me, anyone have an idea why it would be skipping these commands instead of performing them?

[Brian M. Fisher]

Is there a file in /etc/rc.config.d that defines the startup variable for these scripts as 0 or 1?

Brian
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[Greta Blamire]

Could you be more specific? Where do I find the startup variable? I don't see anything in my rc.config.d directory that looks likely.

[Brian M. Fisher]

It depends on your startup scripts but usually within them, there is a variable that is set to 1 to start and 0 to skip. If you would post a simple startup script I could probably help more.

Brian
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[Brian M. Fisher · Accepted solution]

Your script is looking for the variable: ORACLE_START to be set to 1 to start oracle.

Create a file /etc/rc.config.d/oracle
with a single line ORACLE_START=1

This will allow oracle to start/stop. If you do not want it to start, change the variable to 0.

Make sure to check the other files within /etc/rc.config.d to make sure this variable is not already being set.

Brian
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[Greta Blamire]

Will do, Thanks Brain, I'll check in tomorrow and let you know how it goes tonight.

[Greta Blamire]

That did the trick Brain, Thanks! I'll try to get that bunny rabbit out of the hat thing on your answer.