{"id":826,"date":"2014-12-01T11:29:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T11:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theSQLReport.com\/?p=826"},"modified":"2014-12-01T11:29:16","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T11:29:16","slug":"run-level-requirement-for-oracle-on-aix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theSQLReport.com\/?p=826","title":{"rendered":"Run Level Requirement for Oracle on AIX"},"content":{"rendered":"

While performing the preinstallation tasks for an Oracle database on the AIX operating system, one of the requirements in the documentation asked that I “Ensure that the system is started with run level 2.”\u00a0 However these instructions did not show me how I should check this.<\/p>\n

\"Run_Level_Requirement\"<\/a>

Screen shot of the Oracle documentation – Run Level Requirement<\/p><\/div>\n

Simple Answer: who -r<\/p>\n

The reason that AIX operating system needs to be at level 2, is that is the “Normal Multi-user mode which is its default”.\u00a0 This is to ensure that the operating system is not in a single user or restricted mode.\u00a0 The Linux operating systems may be at level 3. For more information, the following link is to the Wikipedia document on “Runlevel”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The “who” command with the “-r” switch indicates the current run level.<\/p>\n

> who -r<\/pre>\n
\"run-level<\/a>
Run Level Requirement – the Simple Answer: who -r<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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