Sometimes oracle
server processes not fully started automatically after a Server Reboot in Windows
and you got ora-1017 in application
event logs
Steps to Troubleshoot
- Increase
the time out parameter in the registry: ORA_
_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT - Although the parameter name indicates shutdown, this parameter controls the timeout for STARTUP as well as SHUTDOWN.
- The default setting is 90. Changing it to 180 usually works.
- Increasing the timeout to a longer value enables the server initialization processes to complete and allow the instance to get started
