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ORA-12170: TNS:Connect timeout occurred [message #516437]

Mon, 18 July 2011 03:04

Database admin
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Location: india

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Hi ,

I was getting the following error when trying to connect development database.

sqlplus bala/test11@ORCL.SBC.COM

SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Jul 18 13:04:18 2011

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ERROR:
ORA-12170: TNS:Connect timeout occurred

Enter user-name:

But i am to connect this database through putty,toad at that time. But after sometime,
i was able to connect the database.

Can somebody tell me what could be the reason of the error ?

Thanks

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Re: ORA-12170: TNS:Connect timeout occurred [message #516438 is a reply to message #516437]

Mon, 18 July 2011 03:05

Littlefoot
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TNS-12170: TNS:Connect timeout occurred

Cause: The server shut down because connection establishment or communication with a client failed to complete within the allotted time interval. This may be a result of network or system delays; or this may indicate that a malicious client is trying to cause a Denial of Service attack on the server.

Action: If the error occurred because of a slow network or system, reconfigure one or all of the parameters SQLNET.INBOUND_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, SQLNET.SEND_TIMEOUT, SQLNET.RECV_TIMEOUT in sqlnet.ora to larger values. If a malicious client is suspected, use the address in sqlnet.log to identify the source and restrict access. Note that logged addresses may not be reliable as they can be forged (e.g. in TCP/IP).

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Re: ORA-12170: TNS:Connect timeout occurred [message #516661 is a reply to message #516438]

Tue, 19 July 2011 22:41

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Location: india

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Thank you littlefoot.
But i am facing this error now and then.Sometime i am able to connect toad that time ,
i am unable to connect SQLPLUS.Sometime , i am able to connect SQLPLUS that time i am unable to connect TOAD.
This is the situation i am facing in database connectivity.

Please advice.

Thanks.

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Re: ORA-12170: TNS:Connect timeout occurred [message #516666 is a reply to message #516661]

Tue, 19 July 2011 22:53

BlackSwan
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>ORA-12170: TNS:Connect timeout occurred(Oracle 11.1.0.7.0.7)
>SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Jul 18 13:04:18 2011

if ORA-12170 occurs when connection request is initiated, then a likely cause is a Firewall
if ORA-12170 occurs after being successfully connected a while then a general Networking failure occurred.
For both of these Oracle is victim; not culprit & root cause is external to Oracle & not something we can assist with further.

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Re: ORA-12170: TNS:Connect timeout occurred [message #516696 is a reply to message #516666]

Wed, 20 July 2011 01:56

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Black,

Thank you for your answer.

So culprit must be Firewall/network....

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