Oracle Oradim Utility


The oradim utility can be used to perform various actions on Oracle Windows services.


·        The startmode parameter is used to define whether the instance will be started upon service start or not; valid values are auto, manual.
·        The srvcstart parameter is used to define whether the windows service is started automatically upon system startup, or manually; valid values are system, demand.

In case of defining the service for the first time:

·        Create a new Windows service for database "ORCL" so that the instance will not be started along with the service:
oradim -new -sid ORCL -startmode manual -srvc OracleServiceORCL -srvcstart system

·        Below command will define the service so that the instance will start along with the service:
oradim -new -sid ORCL -startmode auto -srvc OracleServiceORCL -srvcstart system

·        If the service is already defined, Oradim can be used to change the startmode for the instance as follows:
oradim -edit -sid ORCL -startmode manual