Database Error Messages

ORA-01014

ORACLE shutdown in progress

Cause

A user tried to log on to Oracle while an instance shutdown was in progress or a service required by an existing process was not available. Oracle logins were disabled and some other services were not available while Oracle was being shut down.


Action

Wait until Oracle is brought back up before attempting to log on. Ignore ORA-1014 errors reported by processes during an Oracle instance shutdown.