Re: Oracle will not start

Sounds like a distinctly dodgy installation to me!

The immediate issue is that Oracle can't locate the error message file (which is usually called something like us.msg in $ORACLE_HOME...somewhere... sorry, memory failing, ahving a search for anything called *.msg)

That's why you can't see that ORA-12545 actually reads "ORA-12545: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist", the cause of which is (allegedly) an incorrect host name in the tnsnames.ora (rather more frequently, there's a perfectly legitimate host name there, it's just that the network's ability to resolve the name into a more meaningful IP address is compromised... DNS server down, etc).

Try replacing the host name with a literal IP address and see if that helps. Alternatively, make sure that the server mentioned actually exists (no typos etc), and is functioning.

But if that all draws a blank, I'd worry that the lack of an error message file indicates more general problems with the installation.

Regards
HJR "snyper" <snyper_at_uniserve.com> wrote in message news:3C69E4F1.3A24B7BF_at_uniserve.com...
> All,
>
> Solaris 8, Oracle 8i, below is the message that I get
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>
> Oracle Server Manager Release 3.1.7.0.0 - Production
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> Message 4505 not found; No message file for product=SVRMGR, facility=MGR
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> Error while trying to retrieve text for error ORA-12545
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> Any ideas, thanks in advance.
>
> Gary Abbott
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Received on Tue Feb 12 2002 - 22:29:48 CST