Wednesday, November 19, 2025

[ORACLE RAC DBA] - SRVCTL command to Stop & Start Database / Instance


$ srvctl status database –d RACDB
- Displays the status of all the instances for RACDB database.

$ srvctl start database –d RACDB
- Starts all the instances for RACDB database.

$ srvctl stop database –d RACDB
- Starts all the instances for RACDB database.

$ srvctl status instance –d RACDB –i racdb1
- Displays the status of ONLY the instance racdb1

$ srvctl start instance –d RACDB –i racdb2
- Starts ONLY the instance racdb2 for RACDB database.

$ srvctl stop instance –d RACDB –i racdb2
- Stops ONLY the instance racdb2 for RACDB database.