Like most things in the world of computing, our database may need to be restarted.
To restart Oracle:
- Open a new terminal (or Konsole) window
- Switch to the root user:
sudo su - Enter the password (note it will not show you typing but it is working)
- Switch to the oracle user:
su oracle - Launch sqlplus with elevated privileges:
sqlplus / as sysdba - Shutdown the database:
SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE - Start it up again:
STARTUP - Exit till the window closes:
exit(repeat until window closes)