Abort=option Noabort Specifies whether to close the database immediately or allow processes to complete. The Abort qualifier has two options. Both refer to OpenVMS system services. The options are as follows: o Forcex When you use the Forcex (forced exit) option, recovery units are recovered and no recovery-unit journal (.ruj) files are left in the directories. Therefore, the RMU Backup command works. The option cannot force an exit of a database process with a spawned subprocess or a suspended or swapped out process. It aborts batch jobs that are using the database. Forcex is the default. o Delprc When you use the Delprc (delete process) option, recovery units are not recovered. The .ruj files are left in the directories to be recovered on the next invocation of the database. The processes and any subprocesses of all database users are deleted, thereby deleting the processes from the database. Therefore, if you attempt to issue an RMU Backup command, you might receive the following error message: %RMU-F-MUSTRECDB, database must be closed or recovered The Delprc and Forcex options are based on OpenVMS system services $DELPRC and $FORCEX. Refer to the OpenVMS documentation set for more information. With the Noabort option, users already attached to the database can continue, and the root file global sections remain mapped in the virtual address file contents until all users exit the database. No new users will be allowed to attach to the database. When all current images terminate, Oracle RMU closes the database.