Oracle Networking Listener.ora,Tnsnames.ora and sqlnet.

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Listener.ora: The listener file contains server side network configuration parameters. It can be found in the ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/ directory on the server. Tnsnames.ora: The tnsnames.ora file contains client side network configuration parameters. It can be found in the ORACLE_HOME/network/admin. This file will also be present on the server if client side connections are used on the server itself. Sqlnet.ora: The sqlnet.ora file contains client side network configuration parameter. It can be found in the ORACLE_HOME/network/admin. This file will also be present on the serverif client side connections are used on the server itself.

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For client and server to communicate two files must be configured: $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/listener.ora on server side. $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/tnsnames.ora on client side. To configure the server add the following to listerner.ora Listenername=(address_list=(address=(protocol=tcp)(host=hostname)(port=1521))) Sid_list_listenername=(sid_list=(sid_desc=(sid_name=<instance_name>)(oracle_home=/orac le_home))) To configure the client add the following to tnsnames.ora Tnsalies=(description =address=(protocol=tcp)(host=hostname)(port=1521))(connect_data=(sid=dev))) $ lsnrctl start listenername. $ lsnrctl stop listenername. $lsnrctl status listenername. $lsnrctl service listenername $lsnrctl reload listenername. $tnsping listenername.

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Listener Error: [oracle@localhost admin]$ sqlplus system/manager@rman SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 Production on Sun Feb 28 04:09:39 2010 Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. ERROR: ORA-28547: connection to server failed, probable Oracle Net admin error Enter user-name:

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