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Hi Tim,
This very much looks like a networking issue.
Either you system has no name (verify this using the network applet in
control panel) or you need to setup
c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts files correctly with the entry
127.0.0.1 localhosts
Hth,
Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
DBAISLIFE <dbaislife_at_aol.com> wrote in message
news:19990813022155.29498.00000287_at_ng-xd1.aol.com...
> Okay here's a softball question... (I don't play softball)
> I am running a test database setup on my machine at home... (Its local)
> I can run SVRMGR30 on NT, as well as SQL worksheet but when I try
> to start OEM it created a repository and then gave me an error message
> "Failed to get local host name"
>
> I have my database and Home directory on partition E of my hard drive...
My NT
> directory is on C.My windows 98 on D...
> Could this be part of the problem?
>
> I appreciate any help you could give me.
>
> Tim
>
Received on Fri Aug 13 1999 - 12:23:46 CDT