Re: Error with Node Preferred Credentials

Hi

You need to set the preferred credentials for the database and the node.

The node = your unix username and password The database = SYS (which must have sysdba selected as well)

Then you can test a job and make sure it works.

Alistair

"Anand .P" <dev_at_null.com> wrote in message news:blum1d$2r5$1_at_news.vsnl.net.in...
> Hi,
>
> I am running Oracle 9.2.0.1.0 on Redhat Linux 8 at home. I installed this
> from a downloaded image from OTN.
>
> The installation succeeded without errors (except for the ins_ctx.mk
error,
> which I resolved as per www.puschitz.com).
>
> I have 2 databases set up on my PC:
> 1. oemrep (the OEM repository created by emca)
> 2. v920 (A "play" DB with the sample schemas, created with dbca)
>
> I am able to:
> 1. Startup/Shutdown the oemrep DB/instance
> 2. Start/Stop the listener
> 3. Start/Stop the OMS
> 4. Start the Intelligent Agent.
> 5. Start the OEM with the command "oemapp console &"
> 6. Connect to the repository as user "sysman"
> 7. Startup/Shutdown the v920 database from OEM, create users, tablespaces
> etc.
>
> However, when I try to "backup" the v920 database, I get an error saying
> "...Preferred Credentials for node localhost.localdomain are either not
set
> or are invalid..."
>
> I read the documentation (OEM config, OEM admin guides), but they only say
> that the preferred credentials must be set. Nowhere do they specify "what"
> the preferred credentials should be.
>
> I have tried every userid (and corresponding passwd) that I can think of:
> sys, system, oracle_admin, sysman, oracle, root.
>
> But I keep getting the same error.
>
> I searched this newsgroup archive in Google, and returned 1 match. The
> solution in that thread says
>
> ***** BEGIN SOLUTION *****
> You'll need preferred credentials for
> - the node: any Linux account with access to Oracle preferably in the
> dba group
> - the database: any account with SYSDBA privileges.
> ***** END SOLUTION *****
>
> But I have already tried it and it does not work.
>
> Have I missed some configuration or setup step?
>
> Thanks
> Anand
Received on Wed Oct 08 2003 - 05:33:02 CDT