Re: Oracle Names and DNS

On 5 Dec 2001 10:03:34 -0800, burdakov_at_vesco.ru (Aleksey Burdakov) wrote:

>Some questions concerned with Oracle Names 8.1.7:
>
>In case a networks with a NT server has no domain defined for it, and
>has no DNS service, what should I place in Oracle configuration files
>in order to make the Oracle Names Service work ?
>
>How should I configure Net8 8.1.7 client ? Should I place "world"
>instead of the domain name ? If I get it right, in the case when DNS
>is absent, a client could not automatically find Names Server via DNS,
>and I have to explicitly define it providing NT server name and
>default port 1575.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Aleksey Burdakov

If you don't have a DNS domain and no DNS service, you should setup lmhosts on a server and use the appropiate directives on the clients lmhosts to import the server lmhosts
The lmhosts file is located in %WINNT%\system32\drivers\etc Further instructions are in the file.
You *must* use *any* dns mechanism with Oracle Names, as it won't allow you to store hardcoded ip-addresses. The client won't find any Oracle Names servers if they are not defined in the names.preferred_servers section in sqlnet.ora

Hth

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

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