ORA-12560 on Windows 2000 sp4, Pentium 4 CPU running vmware and Pent

Question

Hello all,
I am getting ORA-12560 error running svrmgrl,sqlplus or dbca after installing 8.1.7 release 3 and patched to 8.1.7.4. My oracle_sid is set, oracle_home is pointing to the right file system. listener and database services are up and running and tnsping comes back ok. I have exhausted all metalink doc referring to ora-12560 and windows 2000. Has anyone experienced this problem before? Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

C:\Documents and Settings\oracle>set ORACLE_SID=test
C:\Documents and Settings\oracle>lsnrctl status
LSNRCTL for 32-bit Windows: Version 8.1.7.4.0 - Production on 29-AUG-2006 13:17:
13
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Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=ATLBCO3DV)(PORT=1521)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for 32-bit Windows: Version 8.1.7.4.0 - Produc
tion
Start Date 29-AUG-2006 11:03:28
Uptime 0 days 2 hr. 13 min. 45 sec
Trace Level off
Security OFF
SNMP OFF
Listener Parameter File E:\oracle\apps\oracle\product\817\network\admin\listen
er.ora
Listener Log File E:\oracle\apps\oracle\product\817\network\log\listener
.log
Services Summary...
PLSExtProc has 1 service handler(s)
orcl has 1 service handler(s)
test has 1 service handler(s)
The command completed successfully
TNSNAMES entry:
TEST.CORP.CEFS.INT =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = XXX.XXX.XX.XX)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVICE_NAME = test)
(SRVR = DEDICATED)
)