InitSID.ora and spfile parameters

Hi friends,
I have recieved early watch report from SAP saying that database parameters are missing. They have sent me some parameters. But I am unable where to set these parameters. I have found some parameters in initSID.ora. But it says we could not directly edit in this file(initSID.ora). I came to know we should set in spfile. Can any one explain how to set parameters in spfile.
Waiting for your reply friends......
Regards,
Nageshwar

Hi
If in the initSID.ora is a warning not to edit it directly, then you are prpbably using the SP (Server Parameter) file.
You should edit the database parameters with BRTOOLS.
Check 'Note 601157 - Oracle9i: Server Parameter File' for more information.
kind regards
Boudewijn

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user12296343 wrote:
Hi All,
I am a report developer. I have two servers(VMs)
Server1: Win 2008, Oracle EBS R12.1.1. (db_name = vis)
Server2: Win XP SP3, Oracle 11g R1 (db_name = orcl)
My goal is to copy the whole EBS R12.1.1 Vision Instance database (VIS) on Server1 to Server 2 Oracle Database....And please note that I need only data in those schemas - I use that to run ETL scripts, so, on Server2 I am not going to run any EBS Applications(Forms, or reports or others).
In order to do this I am http://www.dba-oracle.com/oracle_tips_db_copy.htm method.
During the process I have encountered an issue - Server1 (VIS) database uses initVIS.ora file as parameter file, where as Server 2 uses SPFILE.ORA as parameter file.
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please give me your suggestions to solve this gap......
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Modifying initSID.ora/spfile

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SAP system details - ECC 6.0. AIX+Oracle.
While applying OSS note - 1227227, I came across the statement -
Set the following event in the init<SID>.ora / spfile:
event='10091 trace name context forever, level 1'
I have a couple of queries -
1. Do I need to set the event in initSID.ora or spfile or both
2. Can I change spfile while the DB and SAP system are up and running?
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Gautam,
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Below links may help you.
SAP Note 601157 - Oracle9i: Server Parameter File
Re: Error while taking Backup in Oracle through BRBACKUP
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/DE/f1/0d01b42a4aa84fbe2be415d23bf023/frameset.htm
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Hi There,
I've to perform some task with initSid.ora can any one help me with the location.
Thanks
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I got the location and file also.
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"+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Shipping Execution: Version : 11.5.0 - Development
Copyright (c) 1979, 1999, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
WSHPSGL module: Pick Selection List Generation
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Current system time is 04-APR-2007 16:13:03
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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chmod 777 /usr/tmp
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and now i'm Confused.
What to do?
Please help.

Oracle9i linux and spfile@.ora

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I have notice problem to startup database with dbstart script.
plateforme linux Redhat 7.2.
Chan i run dbstart, database start with a config file name spfile{SID}.ora (in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs) and not with the $ORACLE_BASE/admin/{SID}/pfile/init.ora config file.
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I'm guessing that you don't have a backup?
If that is the case do you have another init file in the dbs directory? If so copy it to initT00TIV.ora and change the obvious lplaces where the instance name appears
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i.e. Here is an example
control_files = (/u01/oracle/oradata/T00TIV/control01.ora,
/u02/oracle/oradata/T00TIV/control02.ora,
/u03/oracle/oradata/T00TIV/control03.ora)
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undo_management = auto
db_name = T00TIV
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O.S Version:
Linux Version "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)
Linux version 2.6.32-220.13.1.el6.x86_64 ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.4.6 20110731 (Red Hat 4.4.6-3) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Thu Mar 29 11:46:40 EDT 2012
2.6.18-308.16.1.el5 x86_64
Tape Archiver : HP Data Protector
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
Problem :
In one of our environment, OEM grid 11g scheduled Level 0 backup struck at the Control File and SPFILE Autobackup.
RMAN Script:
run {
2> backup format '<%d_%s:%t:%p:%f>.df' incremental level 0 cumulative database;
3> sql 'alter system archive log current';
4> backup format '<%d_%s:%t:%p>.al' archivelog all not backed up;
5> }
RMAN Configuration
RMAN> show all;
RMAN configuration parameters for database with db_unique_name TestDB are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 45 DAYS;
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION ON;
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO 'SBT_TAPE';
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE 'SBT_TAPE' TO 'TestDB_%F';
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 'TestDB_%F';
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE 'SBT_TAPE' PARALLELISM 4 BACKUP TYPE TO BACKUPSET;
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 1 BACKUP TYPE TO BACKUPSET;
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE 'SBT_TAPE' TO 1;
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1;
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE 'SBT_TAPE' TO 1;
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1;
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE 'SBT_TAPE' PARMS 'SBT_LIBRARY=/opt/omni/lib/libob2oracle8_64bit.so,ENV=(OB2BARTYPE=Oracle8,OB2APPNAME=TestDB,OB2BARLIST=Siv_ORA_TESTSrvr1_TestDB_DB,OB2BARHOSTNAME=TESTSrvr1)';
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED;
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF;
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128';
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CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO NONE;
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RMAN Log:
1.    Backup started at 07-SEP-2013 07:09:46
     Finished backup at 07-SEP-2013 07:16:38
Wherein the Control file backup started at 07-SEP-2013 07:16:38 failed at 09/07/2013 12:44:38. It kept struck for 5 Hours.
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channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: SID=250 instance=TestDB device type=SBT_TAPE
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: Data Protector A.06.20/370
allocated channel: ORA_SBT_TAPE_2
Finished backup at 07-SEP-2013 07:16:38
Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 07-SEP-2013 07:16:38
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03009: failure of Control File and SPFILE Autobackup command on ORA_SBT_TAPE_1 channel at 09/07/2013 12:44:38
ORA-19506: failed to create sequential file, name="TestDB_c-2078060264-20130907-ff", parms=""
ORA-27028: skgfqcre: sbtbackup returned error
ORA-19511: Error received from media manager layer, error text:
   Vendor specific error: Cannot find requested element ERR(-2)
ORACLE error from recovery catalog database: ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel
Process ID: 2045
Session ID: 89 Serial number: 36509
RMAN> delete noprompt archivelog all backed up 1 times to sbt;
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of delete command at 09/07/2013 13:00:07
RMAN-06004: ORACLE error from recovery catalog database: ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE
RMAN> **end-of-file**
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Hello;
I believe the issue is caused by your media management software. You should contact your media management vendor.
Try the same operation to disk and I bet it works.
Best Regards
mseberg

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Hello, all,
I am using the Oracle 10g on a linux server which runs redhat 9. I want to backup the whole database to the disk, but not the flash recovery area. It is /rawdata. I will show how I configure the backup part in EM. Is there anything wrong?
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Recovery Manager: Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production
Copyright (c) 1995, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved.
RMAN>
connected to target database: ORCL10G (DBID=770753237)
using target database controlfile instead of recovery catalog
RMAN>
Starting backup at 11-OCT-06
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=268 devtype=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile copy
input datafile fno=00001 name=+DATADG/orcl10g/system01.dbf
output filename=/rawdata/data_D-ORCL10G_I-770753237_TS-SYSTEM_FNO-1_68hvin50 tag=BACKUP_ORCL10G_000_101106111844 recid=108 stamp=603544772
channel ORA_DISK_1: datafile copy complete, elapsed time: 00:00:45
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile copy
input datafile fno=00003 name=+DATADG/orcl10g/sysaux01.dbf
output filename=/rawdata/data_D-ORCL10G_I-770753237_TS-SYSAUX_FNO-3_69hvin6d tag=BACKUP_ORCL10G_000_101106111844 recid=109 stamp=603544813
channel ORA_DISK_1: datafile copy complete, elapsed time: 00:00:35
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile copy
input datafile fno=00005 name=+DATADG/orcl10g/example01.dbf
output filename=/rawdata/data_D-ORCL10G_I-770753237_TS-EXAMPLE_FNO-5_6ahvin7g tag=BACKUP_ORCL10G_000_101106111844 recid=110 stamp=603544829
channel ORA_DISK_1: datafile copy complete, elapsed time: 00:00:15
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile copy
input datafile fno=00002 name=+DATADG/orcl10g/undotbs01.dbf
output filename=/rawdata/data_D-ORCL10G_I-770753237_TS-UNDOTBS1_FNO-2_6bhvin7v tag=BACKUP_ORCL10G_000_101106111844 recid=111 stamp=603544835
channel ORA_DISK_1: datafile copy complete, elapsed time: 00:00:08
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile copy
input datafile fno=00004 name=+DATADG/orcl10g/users01.dbf
output filename=/rawdata/data_D-ORCL10G_I-770753237_TS-USERS_FNO-4_6chvin87 tag=BACKUP_ORCL10G_000_101106111844 recid=112 stamp=603544841
channel ORA_DISK_1: datafile copy complete, elapsed time: 00:00:03
Finished backup at 11-OCT-06
Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 11-OCT-06
piece handle=/rawdata/c-770753237-20061011-05 comment=NONE
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 11-OCT-06
RMAN>
Starting backup at 11-OCT-06
current log archived
using channel ORA_DISK_1
archived log /rawdata/arch_D-ORCL10G_id-770753237_S-1062_T-1_A-586368151_cqhvf270 not found or out of sync with catalog
trying alternate file for archivelog thread 1, sequence 1062
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of backup command at 10/11/2006 11:20:54
RMAN-06059: expected archived log not found, lost of archived log compromises recoverability
ORA-19625: error identifying file /rawdata/arch_D-ORCL10G_id-770753237_S-1062_T-1_A-586368151_puhkv41f
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
RMAN>
Recovery Manager complete.
It seems the system tries to find a file “arch_D-ORCL10G_id-770753237_S-1062_T-1_A-586368151_cqhvf270” in /rawdata. I just can not understand.
What should I do? Any advice is highly appreciated!
Qian

the string value in the field of 'log_archive_dest_1" under "All Initialization parameters" is "LOCATION=+DATADG/orcl10g/". The same value was in the field under SPFile.
I reset these values and tried to backup the whole database. The same error appeared. The log says:
Recovery Manager: Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production
Copyright (c) 1995, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved.
RMAN>
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channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile copy
input datafile fno=00003 name=+DATADG/orcl10g/sysaux01.dbf
output filename=/rawdata/data_D-ORCL10G_I-770753237_TS-SYSAUX_FNO-3_6hhvj9sq tag=BACKUP_ORCL10G_000_101106043753 recid=115 stamp=603563963
channel ORA_DISK_1: datafile copy complete, elapsed time: 00:00:35
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile copy
input datafile fno=00005 name=+DATADG/orcl10g/example01.dbf
output filename=/rawdata/data_D-ORCL10G_I-770753237_TS-EXAMPLE_FNO-5_6ihvj9tu tag=BACKUP_ORCL10G_000_101106043753 recid=116 stamp=603563977
channel ORA_DISK_1: datafile copy complete, elapsed time: 00:00:15
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile copy
input datafile fno=00002 name=+DATADG/orcl10g/undotbs01.dbf
output filename=/rawdata/data_D-ORCL10G_I-770753237_TS-UNDOTBS1_FNO-2_6jhvj9ud tag=BACKUP_ORCL10G_000_101106043753 recid=117 stamp=603563984
channel ORA_DISK_1: datafile copy complete, elapsed time: 00:00:07
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile copy
input datafile fno=00004 name=+DATADG/orcl10g/users01.dbf
output filename=/rawdata/data_D-ORCL10G_I-770753237_TS-USERS_FNO-4_6khvj9uk tag=BACKUP_ORCL10G_000_101106043753 recid=118 stamp=603563990
channel ORA_DISK_1: datafile copy complete, elapsed time: 00:00:03
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Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 11-OCT-06
piece handle=/rawdata/c-770753237-20061011-07 comment=NONE
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 11-OCT-06
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Starting backup at 11-OCT-06
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using channel ORA_DISK_1
archived log /rawdata/arch_D-ORCL10G_id-770753237_S-1062_T-1_A-586368151_cqhvf270 not found or out of sync with catalog
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RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of backup command at 10/11/2006 16:40:05
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ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
RMAN>
Recovery Manager complete.
Why the system keeps trying to find files under /rawdata? It is the destination, not the source.
Any help is appreciated!
Qian
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QianChen

Increase the SGA_MAX_SIZE and SGA_TARGET parameters

HI ,
I am using oracle 10g R2 and windows server 2003 .
My server is having 8 GB RAM .
I want to increase the SGA_MAX_SIZE and SGA_TARGET parameters .
I am using the below command , but getting the error
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hi
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now you can easily modify the files otherwise you will get error..
you will find here..
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Oracle 10g R2 for Windows ignores init.ora and registry values

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REMOTE_OS_AUTHENT=TRUE
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NAME TYPE VALUE
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I am taking RMAN database backups to ASM diskgroup (FRA) and to a Network File System mounted on both RAC1 and RAC2. I have this requirement to take backup also outside ASM.
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RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
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What should have in equal tnsnames,ora and listener.ora?

Hi forum members again I'm very new in oracle, and I'm trying to create a sucessfull net service name, using oracle net configuration assitant, but when I try to test it I got this error, .***"""ORA-12514: TNS:listener does not currently know of service requested in connect descriptor."""*** And I have read that tnsnames.ora and listener.ora should have some parameters in common, but exactly I don't know, Do you know what parameters should be? or The ORA-12514 problem , doesn't have relation with the tnsnames.ora and listener files?, If doesn't wich is the reason of this message?
By the way I put what contain these files:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------listener.ora
# listener.ora Network Configuration File: /opt/oracle/product/10.1.0.3/network/admin/listener.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(GLOBAL_DBNAME = oracle.gentoo)
(ORACLE_HOME = /opt/oracle/product/10.1.0.3)
(SID_NAME = oracle)
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1521))
SAVE_CONFIG_ON_STOP_LISTENER = TRUE
TRACE_LEVEL_LISTENER = USER
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////tnsnames.ora
# tnsnames.ora Network Configuration File: /opt/oracle/product/10.1.0.3/network/admin/tnsnames.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
NORACLE =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = tux)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVICE_NAME = noracle)
By the way what must be the username and the pasword that ask the ORACLE CONFIGURATION ASSINTANT to test the net service name? Must be the user name and password of the system user?
Thanks in advance

OK, here we go ... extra long as I intend to bookmark this and make reference, as this is a very common question ... skip to the bottom if you want my guess to the solution.
Oracle Net Services (formerly SQL*Net, Net8, Oracle Networking) has two parts - the client and the server side. I'll discuss the server first, then the client.
1) Server, and specifically Listener:
The Oracle Listener is a monitor that listens for Oracle service requests on one or more ports. Usually this is on TCP/IP port 1521. When it gets an Oracle request from any network client, it checks whether it's in the list of Oracle Services for which it is monitoring. If found, it will contact that service, request a connection for the client, tell the service and client where and how to connect, and get itself out of the loop.
Notes:
a) It can listen on behalf of any number of services;
b) A service can be a database instance, an EPG service (the DBMS_EPG is the replacement for Apache in the database in 10gR2), an external job, etc;
c) One listener can listen on behalf of multiple database instances;
d) The services can be listed in the LISTENER.ORA or they can self-register;
e) If databases self-register, they use the initialization parameter LOCAL_LISTENER
f) If self-registering, the listener should be up before the database
g) Shutting down the listener will stop future connections, but has no impact on existing ones.
One frequent point of confusion - a connection request on the local machine may loop out to the network and contact the listener, or it may bypass the listener entirely and use a bequeath adapter. The 'beq' connection is the 'normal' connection by "sqlplus / as sysdba" or "sqlplus system/manager" on the local machine (note that no @instance was used ... in *nix, that is derived from the $ORACLE_SID environment variable)
In your listener.ora, you specify global_dbname=oracle.gentoo and sid_name=oracle. I assume therefore you can find an initoracle.ora or spfileoracle.ora somewhere on your system.
2) Client:
A client that wants to connect to an Oracle service uses the client side of the Oracle Net Services. The definition of client includes: any Oracle client utiltiy (SQLPlus, SQLLoad, Forms, Reports, etc.); an Oracle database instance that wants to make a external procedure call or a dblink; third party tools such as ODBC and JDBC.
In SQL*Net version 1 the connection was made by specifying the target in the connect string ("user/password@host:listener_port:sid") and that is also used these days by many JDBC drivers, especially the Oracle Thin JDBC driver. Oracle's Easy connection mechanism uses a similar variant.
Since SQL*Net Version 2, Oracle has supported the concept of alias translation. Basically it's very similar in concept to DNS - give it the name of the service and tell it where to find the translation table. The translation tables include TNSNAMES.ORA, ONAMES servers (deprecated in 10g), LDAP usng Oracle's OiD. The choice of translation table, and alternate order if the lookup fails in one, is stored in the SQLNET.ORA (if one exists).
Assuming TNSNAMES.ORA, the chain of events is:
- get the alias to look up (in your case NORACLE);
- if the SQLNET.ORA has a DEFAULT_DOMAIN setting, (often =WORLD) append a dot and that value to the alias;
- go to the TNANSMES.ORA file pointed by the TNS_ADMIN variable (environment or registry), or (if not set) the one in the $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin directory;
- look up the first occurance of the alias;
- if found, use the protocol specified to request a connection to the host, usin DNS to unravel the host to an IP address if necessary (in your case TCP/IP, to TUX) ;
- if host connection if made, connect to the listener that is configured for that port (in your case 1521);
- if listener is there, ask it for connection to the service (in your case, you are asking for instance 'noracle');
i if the listener knowwss about the service, it will hand off the request.
Your problem appears to be asking for instance 'noracle' in the tnsnames but listeneing for 'oracle' at the listener. Of course, I can not see any auto-registered instances which you would get from "lsnrctl status" on the server.

Tnsnames.ora and listener.ora

I am studying oracle and came accross
tnsnames.ora and listener.ora file.
Can any one tell me in simplified terms about these 2 files. what are they and what exactly they do?

When you are accessing Oracle over network you need a listerner service (usually on server box) and SQLNet or Net8 client on client machine. Listener.ora specifies the parameters for listener process and tnsnames.ora contains the SQLNet or Net8 connection informations about database server(s)

ENVS and GLOBAL_USERNAME parameters to SID_DESC

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Hello All,
Can we add ENVS and GLOBAL_USERNAME parameters to SID_DESC section of listener.ora
Could anyone me the list of parameters,
we can add to the SID_DESC section of listener.ora
DN

No, I mean GLOBAL_USERNAMEDid you read above link ? GLOBAL_USERNAME does not exist, while there is GLOBAL_DBNAME.
what about ENVS?Please read the link : Use the parameter ENVS to specify environment variables for the listener to set prior to executing (as a child process) a dedicated server program or an executable specified with the PROGRAM parameter.
I used it sometimes for external procedures.

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