unable to stop oracle database services

[selvakumarmvs]

Hi,

Currently using oracle 9i with 3 database(maindb,arist,samp) in redhat 5.3 server .
I want to stop 2 database "maindb" and "samp" manually ( in XP or Vista we can stop service oraclemaindb and oraclesamp ), but in redhat i dont know how to stop services and how to see currently running oracle services.

Thank u
selva

[iinfi]

ps -axu should show you the running processes in linux at OS level

if you want to stop the two database you should login to Oracle SQL prompt and shut it down.

at OS prompt on the oracle server. login as oracle user
[arvind@laptop ~]$ export $ORACLE_SID=maindb
[arvind@laptop ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdba

SQL> shut immediate

do the same to the other db also