HA Monitor Kit starts an Oracle instance after a database is mounted and opened. Therefore, if you plan to perform any of the following operations on an Oracle instance, you must start and stop the Oracle instance without involving HA Monitor:
- To start an Oracle instance without mounting a database
- To start an Oracle instance without opening a database
- To start an Oracle instance while limiting access to it
- To forcibly start an Oracle instance
- To start an Oracle instance and perform media recovery
- To execute a switchover in a disaster recovery configuration that uses Oracle Data Guard
- To use the primary database as a standby database after a switchover in a disaster recovery configuration that uses Oracle Data Guard
The following subsections explain how to start and terminate an Oracle instance or Oracle listener without involving HA Monitor:
- Organization of this section
- 5.3.1 Not involving HA Monitor when starting an Oracle instance or Oracle listener
- 5.3.2 Not involving HA Monitor when terminating an Oracle instance or Oracle listener