How to resolve ORA-011033: ORACLE initialization or shutdown in progress

Solution 1:

After some googling, I found the advice to do the following, and it worked:

SQL> startup mount

ORACLE Instance started

SQL> recover database 

Media recovery complete

SQL> alter database open;

Database altered

Solution 2:

Here is my solution to this issue:

SQL> Startup mount
ORA-01081: cannot start already-running ORACLE - shut it down first
SQL> shutdown abort
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL>
SQL> startup mount
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area 1904054272 bytes
Fixed Size                  2404024 bytes
Variable Size             570425672 bytes
Database Buffers         1325400064 bytes
Redo Buffers                5824512 bytes
Database mounted.
SQL> Show parameter control_files

NAME                                 TYPE        VALUE
------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------
control_files                        string      C:\APP\USER\ORADATA\ORACLEDB\C
                                                 ONTROL01.CTL, C:\APP\USER\FAST
                                                 _RECOVERY_AREA\ORACLEDB\CONTRO
                                                 L02.CTL
SQL> select a.member,a.group#,b.status from v$logfile a ,v$log b where a.group#=
b.group# and b.status='CURRENT'
  2
SQL> select a.member,a.group#,b.status from v$logfile a ,v$log b where a.group#=
b.group# and b.status='CURRENT';

MEMBER
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    GROUP# STATUS
---------- ----------------
C:\APP\USER\ORADATA\ORACLEDB\REDO03.LOG
         3 CURRENT


SQL> shutdown abort
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> startup mount
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area 1904054272 bytes
Fixed Size                  2404024 bytes
Variable Size             570425672 bytes
Database Buffers         1325400064 bytes
Redo Buffers                5824512 bytes
Database mounted.
SQL> recover database using backup controlfile until cancel;
ORA-00279: change 4234808 generated at 01/21/2014 18:31:05 needed for thread 1
ORA-00289: suggestion :
C:\APP\USER\FAST_RECOVERY_AREA\ORACLEDB\ARCHIVELOG\2014_01_22\O1_MF_1_108_%U_.AR

C
ORA-00280: change 4234808 for thread 1 is in sequence #108


Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
C:\APP\USER\ORADATA\ORACLEDB\REDO03.LOG
Log applied.
Media recovery complete.
SQL> alter database open resetlogs;

Database altered.

And it worked:

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Solution 3:

I had a similar problem when I had installed the 12c database as per Oracle's tutorial . The instruction instructs reader to create a PLUGGABLE DATABASE (pdb).

The problem

sqlplus hr/hr@pdborcl would result in ORACLE initialization or shutdown in progress.

The solution

1. Login as SYSDBA to the dabase :
```
sqlplus SYS/Oracle_1@pdborcl AS SYSDBA
```

Alter database:

alter pluggable database pdborcl open read write;

1. Login again:
```
sqlplus hr/hr@pdborcl
```

That worked for me

Some documentation here

Solution 4:

This error can also occur in the normal situation when a database is starting or stopping. Normally on startup you can wait until the startup completes, then connect as usual. If the error persists, the service (on a Windows box) may be started without the database being started. This may be due to startup issues, or because the service is not configured to automatically start the database. In this case you will have to connect as sysdba and physically start the database using the "startup" command.