ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error..checked a lot of forums but it fails

I checked a lot of forums out here but no satisfying answers.
I'll go with the summary again.
I have Windows XP.
First I installed Oracle 9i on E drive for practice purpose. The installation was done successfully. I opened Internet explorer. Typed "http://hash/isqlplus" in the address bar and pressed enter. The page displayed and I logged in. Logging in was successful.
Now I installed the Developer Suite on the C drive. Installation was complete. Everything seemed fine but when I tried logging into my isqlplus again it started giving me an error saying "ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error"
I have no idea how to go ahead with this.
Will be thankful if someone could clear this up.
Thanks.
Hashem.

If you search more, you would have seen loads of answers.
You now have more than one ORACLE_HOME and your latest install will be the current default ORACLE_HOME.
If your have not set TNS_ADMIN, all Oracle Installations on your server will be looking for the Listener (and tnsnames) on your default ORACLE_HOME which I guess will be the ORACLE_HOME of the Developer Suite.
So set TNS_ADMIN on th environment settings on the server to point to the correct place

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(c) Copyright 1998 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Kobler til (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=10.241.24.54)(PORT=1523)))
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Sporingsnivσ              off
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(c) Copyright 1997 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Copyright (c) 1997, 1999, Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
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nigini: Count in NI global area now: 1
nigini: Count in NI global area now: 1
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nrigbni: entry
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nigini: exit
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(CONNECT_DATA =
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(INSTANCE_NAME = mterm62)
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(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = SHARED)
(SERVICE_NAME = mterm62)
(PRESENTATION = http://admin)
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# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = serv0354)(PORT = 1521))
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_DESC =
(ORACLE_HOME = D:\oracle\ora81)
(SID_NAME = mterm62)
TRACE_LEVEL_LISTENER = ADMIN
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# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
TRACE_DIRECTORY_CLIENT = d:\trace
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TRACE_LEVEL_CLIENT = ADMIN
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Any help would be greatly appreciated.
regards,
Tarisa.

hi,
thanks for the info. the problem, as it turns out, was that I was connected to the db server via a terminal service (Microsoft Management Console), which for some reason caused probelms with TNS. After I connected directly to the machine using VNC, I was able to create the database with no problems. strange but true.
regards,
Tarisa.

ORA-12560: TNS Protocol Adapter Error(ORACLE 11g)

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SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Fri May 20 12:26:48 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2010, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Enter user-name: hr
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Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
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SNMP                      OFF
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ction
Start Date                19-FEB-2009 19:39:12
Uptime                    0 days 0 hr. 14 min. 16 sec
Trace Level               off
Security                  ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP                      OFF
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Listener Log File         C:\oracle\PR1\102\network\log\fsldbprd.log
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(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(PIPENAME=
.\pipe\PR1ipc)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(PIPENAME=
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(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=xxx.xx.x.xxx)(PORT=1527)))
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Service "PR1_XPT" has 1 instance(s).
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To Experts:
I tried to log in the SQL by using the username: system, manager for password. however, it gave me the message:
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hi,Mr sb92075
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Folks,
Hello. Initially, my Windows XP host name is "localhost" and IP address 127.0.0.1.
I installed Oracle Database 11g with Windows XP successfully and all Database clients work with Database instance correctly.
For some reasons, I uninstalled the entire Database Server and delete the entire installation directory /oracle.
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Copyright (c) 1991, 2010, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC1522)))
TNS-12541: TNS:no listener
TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
TNS-00511: No listener
   64-bit Windows Error: 2: No such file or directory
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TNS-12541: TNS:no listener
TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
TNS-00511: No listener
   64-bit Windows Error: 61: Unknown error
C:\>
C:\>
C:\>
C:\>
C:\>
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:04
Copyright (c) 1991, 2010, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Starting tnslsnr: please wait...
TNSLSNR for 64-bit Windows: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
System parameter file is C:\SecondTime_OracleDatabase_Install_Directory\product\
11.2.0\dbhome_1\network\admin\listener.ora
Log messages written to c:\secondtime_oracledatabase_install_directory\diag\tnsl
snr\user-19yyar8x0d\listener\alert\log.xml
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(PIPENAME=\\.\pipe\EXTPROC1522
ipc)))
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=127.0.0.1)(PORT=1522)))
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC1522)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
Alias                     LISTENER
Version                   TNSLSNR for 64-bit Windows: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Produ
ction
Start Date                14-AUG-2013 19:33:07
Uptime                    0 days 0 hr. 0 min. 3 sec
Trace Level               off
Security                  ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP                      OFF
Listener Parameter File   C:\SecondTime_OracleDatabase_Install_Directory\product
\11.2.0\dbhome_1\network\admin\listener.ora
Listener Log File         c:\secondtime_oracledatabase_install_directory\diag\tn
slsnr\user-19yyar8x0d\listener\alert\log.xml
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(PIPENAME=\\.\pipe\EXTPROC1522ipc)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=127.0.0.1)(PORT=1522)))
Services Summary...
Service "CLRExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "CLRExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully
C:\>
C:\>
C:\>
C:\>
C:\>lsnrctl service
LSNRCTL for 64-bit Windows: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production on 14-AUG-2013 19:36
:37
Copyright (c) 1991, 2010, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC1522)))
Services Summary...
Service "CLRExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "CLRExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
    Handler(s):
      "DEDICATED" established:0 refused:0
         LOCAL SERVER
Service "DB1XDB" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "DB1", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
    Handler(s):
      "D000" established:0 refused:0 current:0 max:1022 state:ready
         DISPATCHER <machine: user-19YYAR8X0D, pid: 120>
         (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=user-19yyar8x0d)(PORT=1051))
Service "DB1" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "DB1", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
    Handler(s):
      "DEDICATED" established:19 refused:0 state:ready
         LOCAL SERVER
The command completed successfully
C:\>
As we see, listener.ora file is not removed by Stop command. I am on the installation Wizard. How to solve this issue ?
Thanks.

ORA-12560: TNS: protocoll Adapter error

Hi all!
I tried to update Oralce 8.1.7 to 9.2.0.4. The Installation of the new Software worked without Problems. But when I start the "Database Upgrade Assistant" I got following Error MEssage: <b>ORA-12560: TNS:protocoll Adapter error</b>.
Perhaps somebody can give me a hint? (8.1.7 with all Services is running)

Hi Alexander
Well it would be better if you upgrade manually instead of using 'Database Upgrade Assistant' as there are frequent issues with upgrade assistant.
You can get manual upgrade documents from Oracle Metalink, Read Document Note 159657.1: Complete Upgrade Checklist for manual upgrades from 8.X/9.0.1 to Oracle 9i.
cheers
Sameer
PS: Before going to manual upgrade check which ORACLE_HOME is set. There is a possibility that it may be looking at the wrong tnsnames.ora file entry depending on if ORACLE_HOME is 8.x or 9.x

ORA-12560 TNS protocol Adapter error in 11g (11.1.0.6)

Hello All,
I have Oracle 11g installed on my machine and when i tried to log in to sql plus i got the error below:
ORA-12560 TNS protocol Adapter error
By setting the ORACLE_SID = orcl by browsing to the bin directory of Oracle Installation the above error disappaears and i am able to log in from sql plus.
My intention is to create a db backup for which i am trying to use the exp command...this time the same error appears.
Also the solution of setting the ORACLE_SID is cumbersome..everytimt i want to use sql plus i need to go in and set the ORACLE_SID.
Can anybody please help me out find a good solution for this?
Any help would be appreciated friends.....
Thanks in Advance!!!!!
Regards.
Alicia

Also the solution of setting the ORACLE_SID is cumbersome..everytimt i want to use sql plus i need to go in and set the ORACLE_SID.
Can anybody please help me out find a good solution for this?The solution depends on your (not specified) operating system...
Anyway, if you have more than one database it's normal that you have to set ORACLE_SID, if not how can Oracle know which database you want to access to ?
You can create batch files, one per database, or you can use connection strings, e.g. sqlplus username/password@<DB>.

ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error in Oracle Forms...

Hi, I installed Oracle developer suite to use for Oracle forms but am getting "ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error" when trying to run a form. The database is running locally on my PC.
I've run the command line to see if hostname matches up with the "HOST= " in the ".../network/admin/listener.ora " file match, they do. What can I try next? I did have Oracle 10gXE installed, which I have now removed. I'm including my tnsnames and listener file content:
# tnsnames.ora Network Configuration File: C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\network\admin\tnsnames.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
LISTENER_ORCL =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = frankenputer)(PORT = 1522))
ORCL =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = frankenputer)(PORT = 1522))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = orcl)
EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = PLSExtProc)
(PRESENTATION = RO)
# listener.ora Network Configuration File: C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\network\admin\listener.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME = C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = frankenputer)(PORT = 1522))
Thanks in advance for any help!

Of course you found another one. Each .and every Oracle database client home (such as developer, app server) has one.
Don't just change the port - the tnsnames.ora in the dev home does not point to a database service. It only points to an extproc [external procedure called by a database]. You need to put a database service entry into that file similar to the one in the database home. (Easiest solution - copy the tnsnames.ora from db home ... after you've made a backup)
And please don't tell me you are using Developer 6i - a simple Google search would verify that the networking is incompatible.

How to solve ORA-12560:TNS:protocol adapter error?

I'm trying to use sqlplus on Windows 2008 R2 which is installed on VirtualBox to access an Oracle 11gR2 database on Red Hat Linux.
I'm sure that the database on Red Hat Linux is up and tnsnames.ora is a copy from another machine which is used by another application to connect to the same Oracle database.
When I run sqlplus, I got the ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error.
sqlnet.ora
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NTS)
Both sqlnet.ora and tnsnames.ora are located in c:\app\administrator\product\11.2.0\client64\network\admin folder.
The registry ORACL_HOME has c:\app\administrator\product\11.2.0\client64.
echo %ORACLE_HOME% incommand window returns %ORACLE_HOME%
echo %ORACL_SID% in command window returns %ORACLE_SID%
If I set ORACLE_HOME to another folder, I will get the following error:
Error 6 initializing SQL*Plus
SP2-0667: Message file sp1<lang>.msb not found
SP2-0750: You may need to set ORACLE_HOME to your Oracle software directory
So, I believe the ORACLE_HOME in registry has the correct value.
I have also tried set ORACLE_SID to the service name listed in tnsnames.ora but sqlplus still returns the ORA-12560:TNS:protocol adapter error.
For unknown reason, the value of ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID I set by using set command will not persist after I close the command window that I set the values.

881656 wrote:
I'm trying to use sqlplus on Windows 2008 R2 which is installed on VirtualBox to access an Oracle 11gR2 database on Red Hat Linux.
I'm sure that the database on Red Hat Linux is up and tnsnames.ora is a copy from another machine which is used by another application to connect to the same Oracle database.
When I run sqlplus, I got the ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error.
sqlnet.ora
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NTS)
It make NO sense do to as above when attempting to connect to Oracle DB on *NIX
which knows NOTHING about NTS Authentication.
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NONE)
or just remove the line or whole file.
Also need to be sure that ipchains is disabled on *NIX system

ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error on Fedora Core 5

Hi ,
After installing the 10201_database_linux_x86_64 on Fedora Core5. The database is started fine on the server. The status of is Listener is also up. But when try to connect from client PC. I am getting ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error error please help. me.
Thanks,

Here are my config files.
On SERVER
listener.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME =/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = db10g)
(ORACLE_HOME = /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1)
(PROGRAM = extproc1)
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = xxxxx)(PORT = 1521))
(ORACLE_HOME = /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1)
sqlnet.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NTS)
NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES, EZCONNECT, HOSTNAME)
tnsnames.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
DB10G =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = xxxx)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = DB10G.WORLD)
EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = PLSExtProc)
(PRESENTATION = RO)
now when I issue lsnrctl start db10g i am getting following error.
TNS-01151: Missing listener name, db10g, in LISTENER.ORA
Please help me.

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