Start, Stop, and Restart an Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure

You can manage start, stop, and restart an Autonomous Database from its Details page.

Required IAM Policies

use autonomous-databases

Related Topics

Stop an Autonomous Database

  1. Go to the Details page of the Autonomous Database you want to stop.

    Note:

    For databases that use Autonomous Data Guard, go to the Details page of the primary database.

    For instructions, see View Details of a Dedicated Autonomous Database.

  2. On Oracle Public Cloud, click Stop under More actions, and on Exadata Cloud@Customer, click Stop under Actions.
  3. Click Stop to confirm.

Note:

When you stop an Autonomous Database, the following details apply:

  • Tools are no longer able to connect to the database.
  • In-flight database transactions and queries are stopped.
  • CPU billing is halted.

Start an Autonomous Database

  1. Go to the Details page of the Autonomous Database you want to start.

    Note:

    For databases that use Autonomous Data Guard, go to the Details page of the primary database.

    For instructions, see View Details of a Dedicated Autonomous Database.

  2. On Oracle Public Cloud, click Start under More actions, and on Exadata Cloud@Customer, click Start under Actions.

    Start is only shown for a stopped database.

  3. Click Start to confirm.

Note:

When you start an Autonomous Database, CPU billing is initiated, billed by the second with a minimum usage period of one minute.

Restart an Autonomous Database

  1. Go to the Details page of the Autonomous Database you want to restart.

    Note:

    For databases that use Autonomous Data Guard, go to the Details page of the primary database.

    For instructions, see View Details of a Dedicated Autonomous Database.

  2. On Oracle Public Cloud, click Restart under More actions, and on Exadata Cloud@Customer, click Restart under Actions.
  3. In the confirmation dialog, select Restart to confirm.

Your database is restarted; that is, it is stopped and then immediately started.