-ufd database server option

Specifies the action that the database server takes when a fatal error or assertion failure occurs on a database.

dbsrv16 -ufd action ...

abort The affected database is shut down. The statuses of the database server and other databases remain unchanged.
restart The affected database is shut down with an attempt to restart the database. If the restart attempt fails, a database server assertion failure is raised.
escalate The database assertion failure or fatal error is treated as a database server assertion failure or fatal error. The database server handles the assertion or error as specified by the -uf database server option.