Re: Oracle 9i Discovery agent error

"J Williams" <johnwilliams_esq_at_NOThotmail.com> wrote in message news:cm8vjh$i1n$1_at_news.freedom2surf.net...

> Thanks for your reply, Howard.
>
> I should have said that the machine is networked and does have a network
> interface.

Some new meaning of the words 'single host machine', perhaps?!

>Everything Oracle 9i is installed on this one machine.
>
> I do indeed have a service called OracleOraHome92Agent. I tried stopping
> it via the Windows Services screen (just to see if restarting it would fix
> the discovery agent error), but it is currently hung in a Stopping state.
> I suspect a reboot is required.

I suspect a re-installation (of Windows) is actually required!

It never ceases to amaze me: Oracle is intended to be installed on dedicated hardware in a proper, 'professional' server room somewhere. But the entire world seeks to install it instead onto a home PC that has been through the wringer, has Lord knows what other software installed, and gets used and abused with gusto. You simply can't expect installations to go smoothly in that sort of environment. That's why I suggest home users only ever do VMware installations, because that gives you the closest thing to clean machine such users need.

Regards
HJR Received on Tue Nov 02 2004 - 16:02:14 CST