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Re: listener problems with 8.1.6 [SOLVED]

From: Terry Ball <terry_ball_at_csgsystems.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 10:21:54 -0500
Message-Id: <10612.116416@fatcity.com>


The line at the end of the listener.ora

          (ENVS='EPC_DISABLED=TRUE')
was what was causing the problem. Once that was removed from the listener.ora file, the listener worked fine.

Terry

Terry Ball wrote:

> I am testing an upgrade of a 7.3.4 database to 8.1.6 on AIX and am
> having problem with the listener. I have made the listener.ora the same
>
> in both the 7.3.4 and 8.1.6 $ORACLE_HOME directories. They are pointing
>
> to the 8.1.6 $ORACLE_HOME. I did a diff of the files, and there are NO
> differences. Yet, if I use the listener.ora in the 8.1.6 $ORACLE_HOME,
> I can not connect to the database. I get
> ORA-12500: TNS:listener failed to start a dedicated server process
>
> While bringing the listener up using the 7.3.4 $ORACLE_HOME, I can
> connect to the 8.1.6 instance.
>
> NOTE: Only one listener is up at a time when I try this.
>
> A tnsping with either listener.ora returns results. The listener.ora
> looks like:
>
> LISTENER =
> (ADDRESS_LIST =
> (ADDRESS=
> (PROTOCOL=IPC)
> (KEY= FLA1)
> )
> (ADDRESS=
> (PROTOCOL=IPC)
> (KEY= FLA1.world)
> )
> (ADDRESS =
> (PROTOCOL = TCP)
> (Host = frs01)
> (Port = 1521)
> )
> )
> STARTUP_WAIT_TIME_LISTENER = 0
> CONNECT_TIMEOUT_LISTENER = 0
> TRACE_LEVEL_LISTENER = 0
> SID_LIST_LISTENER =
> (SID_LIST =
> (SID_DESC =
> (SID_NAME = FLA1)
> (ORACLE_HOME = /opt/app/oracle/product/8.1.6)
> (ENVS='EPC_DISABLED=TRUE')
> )
> )
>
> Does anyone have any idea what is causing this behavior? Any
> suggestions as to what to look for and/or change would be much
Received on Thu Sep 07 2000 - 10:21:54 CDT

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