Configuring Active Dataguard- Error comes while taking rman backup

Question

Hi All,
I'm following this( http://wiki.oracle.com/page/11gR2+Data+Guard+Setup+project+Part5 ) article to configure a active dataguard. And i have successfully completed lot of steps up to now.
But im getting an error when i'm trying to complete the step 10 under chapter 5 (creating stand by)
step 10
10- OK, here we go, log into RMAN and run the following script. This script will create the standby database
At the command prompt type in rman
when rman launches connect to the target and auxiliary databases
connect target sys/michael@MS112DGP
connect auxiliary sys/michael@MS112DGS
here is my one... my primary db is called as dgp and my stand by is dgs
this is the error im getting... :(
[oracle@dgs ~]$ rman
Recovery Manager: Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sat Apr 23 09:54:40 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
RMAN> connect target sys/oracle@dgp
connected to target database: DGP (DBID=1555810211)
RMAN> connect auxiliary sys/oracle@dgs
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-04006: error from auxiliary database: ORA-12528: TNS:listener: all appropriate instances are blocking new connections
RMAN>
can anybody please help me to sort this out. once i solved this i can complete my first dataguard :)
Thanks in advance
Max

Answer 1

Hello Sb,
[oracle@dgs admin]$ lsnrctl stop
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production on 23-APR-2011 21:28:02
Copyright (c) 1991, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=)(PORT=1521))
The command completed successfully
[oracle@dgs admin]$ mv listener.ora listener.ora_bkp
[oracle@dgs admin]$ ll
total 16
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 471 Apr 17 09:25 listener.ora_bkp
drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Apr 15 14:18 samples
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 187 May 9 2007 shrept.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 506 Apr 17 09:07 tnsnames.ora
[oracle@dgs admin]$ lsnrctl start
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production on 23-APR-2011 21:28:26
Copyright (c) 1991, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Starting /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1/bin/tnslsnr: please wait...
TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
Log messages written to /u01/app/oracle/diag/tnslsnr/dgs/listener/alert/log.xml
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=dgs.oracle.com)(PORT=1521)))
Connecting to (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=)(PORT=1521))
STATUS of the LISTENER
Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
Start Date 23-APR-2011 21:28:26
Uptime 0 days 0 hr. 0 min. 0 sec
Trace Level off
Security ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP OFF
Listener Log File /u01/app/oracle/diag/tnslsnr/dgs/listener/alert/log.xml
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=dgs.oracle.com)(PORT=1521)))
The listener supports no services
The command completed successfully
[oracle@dgs admin]$ lsnrctl status
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production on 23-APR-2011 21:28:37
Copyright (c) 1991, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=)(PORT=1521))
STATUS of the LISTENER
Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
Start Date 23-APR-2011 21:28:26
Uptime 0 days 0 hr. 0 min. 10 sec
Trace Level off
Security ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP OFF
Listener Log File /u01/app/oracle/diag/tnslsnr/dgs/listener/alert/log.xml
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=dgs.oracle.com)(PORT=1521)))
The listener supports no services
The command completed successfully
[oracle@dgs admin]$
Thanks,
Max