Re: Please help: TNSPING

> I am an Windows-NT admistrator and not an Oracle expert.
> We have a NT Oracle server 8.0.5., and when I do a tnsping .. 1000 the time
> varies van 10-30ms. No problem.
> Our company databases are on powerfull Unix servers 8.1.6. When I do a
> tnsping to a database on Unix it gives a lot of 10ms's, but after some
> pings, is stops for a while, times are then 20000ms or even a timeout.
> Is this a serious problem ? One of the DBA's says that it is probebly a
> bufferoverrun of Oracle and not the indication of a problem. Strangly enough
> the tnsping to the NT-oracle-server doesn't have this problem.
>
> I would appreciate any help. (please by email to : g.c.ensing_at_castel.nl)
>
> Thanking you in advance for your help,

From my experience it is a problem. And probably a good indication of the fact that your network admin and your UNIX sysadmin need to work together.

It is not an Oracle problem ... though it could become one if things time-out.

Daniel A. Morgan Received on Sun Feb 04 2001 - 21:27:12 CST