How to resolve ORA-011033: ORACLE initialization or shutdown in progress
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When trying to connect to an ORACLE user via TOAD (Quest Software) or any other means (Oracle Enterprise Manager) I simply get the error:
ORA-011033: ORACLE initialization or shutdown in progress
[in the spirit of StackOverflow I will answer this one myself - at least I'll relate how I resolved it in my case - please also relate your own such adventures...]
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