srvctl start service

Starts a service or multiple services on the specified instance. The srvctl start service command will fail if you attempt to start a service on an instance if that service is already running on its maximum number of instances, that is, its number of preferred instances. You may move a service or change the status of a service on an instance with the srvctl modify service and srvctl relocate service commands described later in this appendix.

Note:

All manual service startup must specify the name of the service to be started by the user.

See Also:

Oracle Data Guard Broker

Syntax and Parameters

Use the srvctl start service command with the following syntax:

srvctl start service -db db_unique_name [-eval] [-service "services_list" 
  [-node node_name | -instance instance_name | -serverpool pool_name |  
   -global_override] [-startoption start_options] [-verbose]

Table A-163 srvctl start service Parameters

Parameter Description 
-db db_unique_name

Unique name for the database.

 
-eval

Use this parameter to hypothetically evaluate the impact of the command on the system.

 
-service "services_list"

Comma-delimited list of service names.

If you do not include this parameter, then SRVCTL starts all of the services for the specified database.

 
-node node_name

The name of the node where the service should be started. Use this parameter for policy-managed databases.

Note: This parameter can be used only with Oracle Clusterware.

 
-instance instance_name

The name of the instance for which the service should be started. Use this parameter for administrator-managed databases.

Note: This parameter can be used only with Oracle Clusterware.

 
-serverpool pool_name

The name of the server pool in which to start the service. Use this parameter for policy-managed databases.

 
-global_override

Override value to operate on a global service. Use this parameter only with global services; this parameter is ignored if specified for a non-global service.

 
-startoption start_options

Startup options used when service startup requires starting a database instance. Options include OPEN, MOUNT, and NOMOUNT.

Note: For multi-word startup options, such as read only and read write, separate the words with a space and enclose in double quotation marks (""). For example, "read only".

See Also: SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference for more information about startup options

 
-verbose

Display verbose output.

Examples

The following example starts a named service. If the instances that support these services, including available instances that the service uses for failover, are not running but are enabled, then SRVCTL starts them.

$ srvctl start service -db crm -service crm

The following example starts a named service on a specified instance:

$ srvctl start service -db crm -service crm -instance crm2