Re: Installing Names Server without graphical tools

Katja,

This is the syntax for registering database entries using the NAMESCTL tool:

This example is taken from Oracle 8.0.5 on OpenVMS with no region database and no GUI:

NAMECTL> register <db name>.<domain> -t oracle_database -d (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(
PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=<host address>)(PORT=<port no>)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=<sidname>)))
Total response time: 0.07 seconds
Response status: normal, successful completion

NAMESCTL is very fussy about the spacing - and do not put any carrige returns in the string or it will fail.
Also, NAMESCTL is case sensitive.

On the OpenVMS port, the Name Server will not save the information to the checkpoint file until you shut
down the Name Server. Using save_config does nothing.

BTW: If you set NAMESCTL.INTERNAL_USE = TRUE in your SQLNET.ORA file, you can also use
this command to create an alias for your databases:

NAMESCTL> _create_name <alias name>.<domain> Total response time: 0 seconds
Response status: normal, successful completion

NAMESCTL> _add_data <alias name>.<domain> cname.smd <db name>.<domain> Total response time: 0 seconds
Response status: normal, successful completion

As for checkpoint file replication - I have never tried that one. If you get it to work please let me know.

Hope that helps

Graham

Katja Werner wrote:

> Hi,
>
> can anybody tell me, how installing/administering Names Server (Cache
> replication, no region database) without Network Manager (Oracle 7.3.4
> Database)?
> My concrete problems:
> How is the correct syntax (examples) for registering services with namesctl?
> Where/in which files are this services saved? I couldn't find their -
> neither in names.ora nor in ckpreg.ora.
>
> Thanks
> Katja
Received on Fri Aug 31 2001 - 10:33:37 CDT