Problem with Oracle 10g Enterprise Manager DB control scheduled backup

Question

Hi
DB is - Oracle Database 10g Enterprise edition-10.2.0.1.0
OS is - Windows Server 2003, Enterprise edition, Service Pack - 2
I have scheduled daily backup from DB control, some backup didn't completed.
Status of backup was - "Suspended on Agent Unreachable"
While try scheduling new backup job from DB control, it is giving error.
Error - Connection to host as user <user_name> failed: IOException in sending Request :: Connection refused: connect
Anyone has any clue regarding this? please help.

Answer 1

Hi,
Have a read of this thread which talks about the same issue and its solution.
Oracle 10g EM DB console Host Preferred Credentials for Windows
And if you are finding issues in the entering the Host credentials itself, you may need to log on as batch job. Follow thiese steps,
+1. Go to control panel/administrative tools+
a. click on "local security policy"
b. click on "local policies"
c. click on "user rights assignments"
d. double click on "log on as a batch job"
e. click on "add" and add the user that was entered in the "normal username" or "privileged username" section of the EM Console.
+2. Go to the Preferences link in the EM GUI+
a. click on Preferred Credentials (link on the left menu)
b. under "Target Type: Host" click on "set credentials"
c. enter the OS user who has logon as a batch job privilege into the "normal username" and "normal password" fields
+3. Test the connection+
a. while in the Set Credentials window, click on "Test"
From http://www.orafaq.com/forum/t/89472/0/
HTH
Aman....