7.7.1.2.1 ALTER CELL Commands for Managing Services

Syntax

ALTER CELL {
    SHUTDOWN SERVICES { RS | MS | CELLSRV | ALL } [IGNORE REDUNDANCY]
  | RESTART SERVICES  { RS | MS | CELLSRV | ALL } [IGNORE REDUNDANCY]
  | STARTUP SERVICES  { RS | MS | CELLSRV | ALL }
}

Usage Notes

The following table lists the arguments and options for the ALTER CELL commands that perform service management operations:

Argument	Description
SHUTDOWN SERVICES {RS | MS}	Shuts down the Restart Server or Management Server service.
SHUTDOWN SERVICES CELLSRV [IGNORE REDUNDANCY]	Shuts down the Cell Server service. If you include IGNORE REDUNDANCY, then the service is immediately stopped without waiting on the redundancy checks from Oracle ASM.
SHUTDOWN SERVICES ALL	Shuts down all services (Restart Server, Management Server, and Cell Server). If you include IGNORE REDUNDANCY, then the Cell Server service is immediately stopped without waiting on the redundancy checks from Oracle ASM.
RESTART SERVICES {RS | MS}	Stops and then starts the Restart Server or Management Server service.
RESTART SERVICES CELLSRV [IGNORE REDUNDANCY]	Stops and then starts the Cell Server service. If you include IGNORE REDUNDANCY, then the service is stopped without waiting on the redundancy checks from Oracle ASM.
RESTART SERVICES ALL [IGNORE REDUNDANCY]	Stops and then starts all services (Restart Server, Management Server, and Cell Server). If you include IGNORE REDUNDANCY, then the Cell Server service is stopped without waiting on the redundancy checks from Oracle ASM.
STARTUP SERVICES {RS | MS | CELLSERV | ALL}	Starts the specified service. If you use the keyword ALL, then all services are started.

The following are additional usage notes for the ALTER CELL commands that perform service management:

• During a shutdown operation affecting CELLSRV, the system first checks the status of the grid disks to ensure that it is safe to proceed. Specifically, the asmDeactivationOutcome attribute is checked for all of the grid disks. If the attribute value is yes, then the grid disk can be deactivated without data loss.

  Depending on the command, the following occurs if the asmDeactivationOutcome attribute value is yes for all of the grid disks:

  • For the ALTER CELL SHUTDOWN SERVICES CELLSRV and ALTER CELL SHUTDOWN SERVICES ALL commands:

    1. The grid disks are deactivated on the cell.
    2. Oracle ASM takes the corresponding ASM disks offline.
    3. Finally, the applicable services are shutdown.

  • For the ALTER CELL RESTART SERVICES CELLSRV and ALTER CELL RESTART SERVICES ALL commands, the CELLSRV service is restarted immediately, followed by a restart of the MS and RS services, if applicable.

  Otherwise, if the asmDeactivationOutcome attribute value is not yes for any grid disk, then the CELL-01548 error message is displayed and the status of the services remains unchanged.

• The IGNORE REDUNDANCY option bypasses the asmDeactivationOutcome attribute checks. Using the IGNORE REDUNDANCY option results in immediate execution of the command. Consequently, if the command shuts down the only online copy of a grid disk, then the corresponding Oracle ASM disk group is dismounted.

• If the Restart Server (RS) service is not running, then you must run either ALTER CELL STARTUP SERVICES RS or ALTER CELL RESTART SERVICES RS before you can start other services individually, or you can run the ALTER CELL STARTUP ALL command.

Example 7-3 Starting Up and Shutting Down Cell Services

This example shows how to start up and shut down cell services.

CellCLI> ALTER CELL STARTUP SERVICES CELLSRV
CellCLI> ALTER CELL STARTUP SERVICES ALL

CellCLI> ALTER CELL SHUTDOWN SERVICES MS
CellCLI> ALTER CELL SHUTDOWN SERVICES CELLSRV IGNORE REDUNDANCY
CellCLI> ALTER CELL SHUTDOWN SERVICES ALL 

CellCLI> ALTER CELL RESTART SERVICES ALL IGNORE REDUNDANCY