Re: Address already in use

From: Jim Smith <usenet01_at_ponder-stibbons.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:20:21 +0000
Message-ID: <JT$PwnYV$Q+FFw$1@jimsmith.demon.co.uk>

In message <1173941715.577541.161060_at_p15g2000hsd.googlegroups.com>, r.arunmca_at_gmail.com writes
>hi,
> Please any one know for the following problem.
>
>LSNRCTL> start
>Starting /glotam/Oracle10g/bin/tnslsnr: please wait...
>
>TNSLSNR for IBM/AIX RISC System/6000: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
>Log messages written to /glotam/Oracle10g/network/log/listener.log
>Error listening on: (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=)(PORT=1521))
>TNS-12542: TNS:address already in use
>TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
>TNS-00512: Address already in use
>IBM/AIX RISC System/6000 Error: 67: Address already in use
>
>Listener failed to start. See the error message(s) above...
>

This usually means the listener is already running. What does 'lsnrctl status' show?

Less likely is that there is another non-oracle process bound to the same port. You can use netstat to investigate that.

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Received on Thu Mar 15 2007 - 04:20:21 CDT