Start, stop, and restart a database

This page describes how to start, stop, and restart an Autonomous Database.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have the following Identity and Access Management (IAM) role required to perform the start, stop, and restart operations:

• roles/autonomousDatabaseAdmin

To learn how to assign roles, see Apply IAM roles.

Start an Autonomous Database

Starting an Autonomous Database lets you open connections and run operations on it. An Autonomous Database continues to run until you stop it manually.

Note: When you create an Autonomous Database, it is automatically started. You don't need to start it manually.

To start an Autonomous Database, follow these steps:

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1. Go to the Autonomous Database page.

   Go to Autonomous Database

2. Click the name of the Autonomous Database that you want to start.

3. On the Autonomous Database details page, click Start.

4. In the Start database instance dialog, click Start.

   In the Details section, the Status field shows you the progress of the start operation. The Autonomous Database is ready to use when the Status field shows "Available".

Stop an Autonomous Database

Stopping an Autonomous Database shuts down the instance, closes all the open files and the active connections, and stops the running operations. It also stops the billing for the database.

To stop an Autonomous Database, follow these steps:

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1. Go to the Autonomous Database page.

   Go to Autonomous Database

2. Click the name of the Autonomous Database that you want to stop.

3. On the Autonomous Database details page, click Stop.

4. In the Stop database instance dialog, click Stop.

   In the Details section, the Status field shows you the progress of the stop operation. When the Autonomous Database is stopped, the Status field shows "Stopped".

Restart an Autonomous Database

To restart an Autonomous Database, follow these steps:

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1. Go to the Autonomous Database page.

   Go to Autonomous Database

2. Click the name of the Autonomous Database that you want to restart.

3. On the Autonomous Database details page, click Restart.

4. In the Restart database instance dialog, click Restart.

   In the Details section, the Status field shows you the progress of the restart operation. When the restart operation is complete, the Status field shows "Available".

What's next

• Learn how to manage or delete an Autonomous Database.
• Configure Identity and Access Management roles for an instance.
• Use monitoring metrics to monitor your instances.