Re: Oracle 9i TNS Listener service

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:20:46 +1300, "Matthew" <114775.401_at_compuserve.invalid> wrote:

>I have recently installed Oracle 9i server on a Windows 2003 Server machine,
>but have had great difficulty in getting the TNS Listener to run as a
>service.
>
>Despite verifying in the Oracle Installer that the TNS Listener is indeed
>installed, and copying the listener configuration from another Oracle 9i
>server on which the listener is working correctly into the listener
>configuration on the new server using Net Manager, the listener refuses to
>start as a service (it is not even listed in the Services console), even
>after multiple reboots. I had earlier run into this problem when I
>installed Oracle 9i server on a Windows XP machine, where I managed to get
>the listener to work by launching it separately (as a process after logging
>in, rather than automatically as a service), but after a while Oracle became
>unstable. I'd rather have the listener installed as a service, but am not
>sure what else I need to do to get this to happen.
>
>Suggestions, anyone?
>
>

I also didn't have a listener service in the services list. I managed to correct this by issuing

lsnrctl start

in a DOS box. I did get an error, but the service was created anyway.

Jaap. Received on Wed Mar 15 2006 - 09:58:04 CST