An Oracle instance (also known as a database instance) contains the set of Oracle Database background processes that operate on the stored data and the shared allocated memory that …

On Windows: Click Start, point to Programs (or All Programs), point to Oracle Database 11g Express Edition, and then select Start Database. On Linux with Gnome: In the Applications …

Database Administrator's Reference for Microsoft Windows Starting and Shutting Down a Database with SQL*Plus Learn how to start and shut down a database with SQL *Plus. These …

When you start up a database, you create an instance of that database and you determine the state of the database. Shutting down a currently running Oracle Database instance can …

You can start and stop the database manually, set it to automatically after the system shuts down and starts, or using Enterprise Manager.

To start up a database or an instance from the command line, use SQL*Plus to connect to Oracle with administrator privileges and then issue the STARTUP command. You can also use …

Oracle recommends that you configure the system to automatically start Oracle Database when the system starts, and to automatically shut it down when the system shuts down.

You can start and stop the database manually or set it to automatically start when the system shuts down or starts.

Starting with Oracle Database 18c, you can simplify patching and mass rollouts of software across multiple database servers by deploying a read-only Oracle home as a software image.

At this point, there is no database. Only the System Global Area (SGA) is created and the background processes are started in preparation for the creation of a new database.