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Oracle database problem [message #367914] Fri, 22 December 2000 10:52 Go to next message
SUBBARAO MANCHIKANTI
Messages: 8
Registered: December 2000
Junior Member
am getting this problem very frequently. Once I reboot the NT
Server (where the Oracle database is there) I will be O.K. but after 2 to 3
days again the same problem I am getting. I can not get it connected for new connections but I can continue work on existing connections. I could not get it connected even
through Sever Manager when I get the error. I have another database on this
same box and able to connect through.
The error Messages I am getting whenthis problem comes

TNS-12500: TNS:listener failed to start a dedicatedserver process ( At
client side when trying to connect Oracle )
ORA-12203:TNS:unable to connect to destination ( When I try to start
svrmgr30 at Server side)
Last night also I got this error then I stopped database service andrestarted
then the Database has started and I could connect svrmgr30 without rebooting
NT server.

Can any one help me to resolve this problem.

My resources are:

OS : WIN NT4.0, RAM 1GB and Page size 2GB
Oracle: 8.0.5 with patch 8.0.5.2.6
No of processes 500
No of sessions 600
SGA: 130M

Now I reduced the processes and sessions to 250 and 300 respectively.

Subbarao
Re: Oracle database problem [message #367916 is a reply to message #367914] Wed, 27 December 2000 09:57 Go to previous message
Melissa
Messages: 65
Registered: January 2000
Member
1-2 Windows NT - Troubleshooting the TNS/ORA-12500
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This solution covers the following topics:

A. TNS-12500 on Microsoft Windows NT
B. Intermittent TNS-12500 Errors on Microsoft Windows NT


A. TNS-12500 on Microsoft Windows NT
-----------------------------------------
1. Please make sure that the userid that installed/started
oracle, and started the listener is administrator.

2. Go to the Control Panel by clicking on START-->
Settings---> Control Panel and then double click
on "Services". A window is displayed which
looks similar to this:

+---------------------------------------------------------+
| |
| Service Status Startup |
+---------------------------------------------------------+
|OracleNamesService80 Manual |
|OracleServiceORCL Started Auto |
|OracleStartORCL Started Auto |
|OracleTNSListener Started Auto |
|OracleTNSListener80 Manual |
|OracleWebAssistant Manual |
|pcANYWHERE Service Started Manual |
+---------------------------------------------------------+

Look at "OracleService" and "OracleStart". These two
services are followed by your SID name (in this case ORCL).
These services should be started. If they are not click
on the START button on the right side of the dialog box.

3. Verify the SID names shown with "OracleService" and
"OracleStart" in the Control Panel:Services are the same
SID names in the client's TNSNAMES.ORA and the server's
LISTENER.ORA files.

4. Make sure that the listener is logged on as the System
Account. You can check this by going into Control
Panel/Services highlight the OracleTNSListener then
click on Startup. The listener should be logged on as
the System Account. Once you make this change make
sure that you stop and start the listener.

5. Make sure that the tnsnames.ora file doesn't specify the
ORACLE_HOME parameter in the connect_data section. If it
does, remove it.

6. You may want to simply try restarting your instance.

B. Intermittent TNS-12500 Errors on Microsoft Windows NT
---------------------------------------------------------

1. Increase the amount of memory available to the system
either by removing unnecessary processes or increasing
the amount of physical memory.

2. Increasing the amount of swap space will also
temporarily help relieve the symptoms.

3. Disable OTRACE. OTRACE is a tracing feature that can
cause many problems. OTRACE is enabled by default.
To disable OTRACE:

a. Stop the Oracle database.
b. Go to the orant/otrace/admin directory.
c. Delete all files with a ‘.dat’ extension.
d. Restart the Oracle database.

4. The TNS-12500 can be a result of the 'processes'
parameter in the init<sid>.ora file being too low.
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