Resolving names of Mac OS clients over a network

I support a number of OS X clients (both laptops and iMacs) in a Windows-centric environment. All of the Apple systems are running 10.6.x, and are not set up to use Active Directory (although the Windows clients do). We use Retrospect for backup, which supports both our Windows and OS X systems quite well, except that we've found that the hostnames of the OS X clients will randomly stop resolving- so we've been left with entering IP addresses for many of our OS X clients in the backup system. Since we use DHCP, this can be problematic if someone leaves their computer off for a couple of days, or for laptops which are only occasionally plugged into the wired network (but we need to catch them for backup whenever they may be connected). So far there doesn't seem to be any particular pattern to this, although things seem to work more often if the fully qualified name is used (systemname.domain, even though they're not joined to domain accounts) it isn't surefire.
Does anyone else have any experience with this, and perhaps some suggestions?
As a note, this is for a medium-size division within a large organization, and we don't have any control over the network environment. We could request static IPs for every Mac system but I don't think that would go over very well. This is a critical issue, because occasionally a system will stop resolving, stop backing up, and then we'll need to access recent backup data, only to find that it's not there- not good.
I can provide any additional information needed for troubleshooting.

Unless the workstations are in the same domain then you will have to open wide your Win dows domain or setup your own DNS internal server. Either that or join the Macs to the Domain.

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I am using a Mac mini over a mixed office network. Several network operations are painfully slow. I posted a previous topic when I was using my G5 over the same network. Nothing has been resolved. G5, Mac mini or any Mac are slow over the network.
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Basically any work done over the network from the Mac is tediously slow. Burning CD's and hand carry the files to other offices would be faster. The PC's instead all work fine over the network.

This looks very interesting and worth looking into. I've got the info in the hands of our net administrator.
I am making progress. I switched the mac mini from ethernet to airport. That has helped dramatically. A folder of 175 mb that was going to take hours and hours to copy to my local drive (I finally gave up) only took about 2-3 minutes over wireless. Previews of photos now happen in a few short seconds. The Entourage common calendar still takes a while to upload but that's probably an Entourage issue.
Our network administrator is going to string new cable to my office and we'll check the switching as well.
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Sharing Files between Mac and PC over a Network

Greetings,
I have recently made the switch to the Mac, and I have been so pleased with it ever since! I am getting married soon and my wife-to-be has a Windows XP desktop machine. I have been reading up on the different options on sharing files, and I want to ask if someone with experience can confirm what I think I have discovered.
1. A person on Windows can read and/or write to a Mac OS X formatted drive only if they run Macdrive.
2. A person running Windows XP can read files stored on a shared folder on the Mac through network sharing without additional software. But can they write to the shared volume on the Mac??
Now, I know all about the Mac side of things. It can read NTFS, read/write to FAT/FAT32, connect to Windows computers...etc. I have actually done all these things already, and know how to use them. I just want to make sure that I have the right idea before I go into working in the other direction, from Windows to Mac.
Thank you for any help that you might offer.

1. A person on Windows can read and/or write to a Mac OS X formatted drive only if they run Macdrive.
You don't need Macdrive for sharing files over the network, macdrive is only needed for a PC to read a Mac formatted Hard drive that is directly connected to a PC i.e Firewire Drive.
2. A person running Windows XP can read files stored on a shared folder on the Mac through network sharing without additional software. But can they write to the shared volume on the Mac??
Yes you can write to a windows sharepoint on a mac this would be limited to their home folder unless you setup other permissions.
To setup windows sharepoints your best using a shareware utility called sharepoints
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It does not matter what format hte pc drives are if your sharing over a network you only need to know about formatted drives if they are directly connected to the computer i.e firewire, or usb drives.

Waking Mac from Sleep over the network

All, I tried to find other post on this but was unable too, so I am sorry if this has been answered already. I have an iMac G5 w/iSight camera built in, an ibook and a Mac Mini. I am trying to keep all my music, photos and videos on my imac and then share them over my local network through itues and iphoto sharing. Which works just great. But, if my iMac goes to sleep there is no way for it to be awaken over the network, at least that I can find. Is this a true statement? If I would like this data to always be available do I need to disable sleeping, or just put the monitor and HD to sleep, but not the entire computer.
Any suggestion/information on this would be greatly appreciated.
Regards, Tom

Hello,
Here are some good articles for you to read. I think you'll know what to do when you're done with these:
https://webserver.brandeis.edu/pages/view/Bio/MacOSXWakeOnLAN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050118192723153
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Copying itunes library from Mac to Windows over Local Network

I am a recent switcher. When I first got my MacBook I connected my Windows formatted iPod to the MacBook to transfer my purchased iTunes music, and everything worked fine.
Now I want to transfer the iTunes music folder from my Mac to a PC (both Vista and XP) over my local network. However, when I try to do this I get the following error message:
Error 0x800700FE: The specified extended attribute name was invalid.
I get the same error message if I try to transfer the individual music folders (eg Oasis).
I have no trouble transferring the folders for song/albums that I have subsequently downloaded to the Mac from iTunes. I only have the problem with the music I originally transferred from the iPod.
I have been trying to research extended attributes to see if I can edit this, but it all goes over my head. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hello,
i'm also a new Mac user (Vista did the trick , and i found this article on the Apple support website.
Below information can also be used to do the inverse... Mac to PC.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302392
It explains how to do a backup to CD/DVD. When you have a large library, multiple DVD's will be used.
It tried it out with a portion of my lib, burned a backup with my PC, and imported it on my MacBook. Works great! All but last played information is copied over...
Even Podcast, Movies etc are taken into account, also music not residing within the iTunes folder. After the restore on Mac, everything is properly placed within the iTunes folder you assigned.
Enjoy,
Roger
PS: in fact this article is "on the top" of the following list: http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ :-))

NAM shows MAC address instead of IP address in host

Hi,
Product: Cisco Prime NAM Appliance 2304
Version: 5.1(3)
Problem: We only can see MAC address on Hosts table in NAM, not IP address.
Does anyone know what happen and how to fix it?
Thanks!!!

I wouldn't worry too much about the address shown in the Remote Management tab. The ARDAgent process, which is what is listening on his computer for connections from Remote Desktop, binds to all active network interfaces and ultimately that's all that matters. Of out curiosity though, to what IP address does the "unknown-b8-8d-##-##-##-##.home" dns name resolve? Is it the WAN address? I can't imagine it resolves to a private address like a 192.168.
In any event, let's focus back on the network structure. Does the BT router have both a hard wired LAN ethernet port as well as a WiFi radio for LAN connections? My guess is yes. I am also assuming that he does *not* have another router attached to the BT LAN ethernet port like an Airport basestation that is serving the WiFi connections. Typically, the LAN ethernet port is given, via DHCP, a real Internet accessible address but the addresses served via DHCP for wireless clients are private network addresses only. It's seems unlikely to me that the router is automatically forwarding incoming connections to a private network address on the WiFi network. But if he plugs his Mac in to the ethenert LAN port on the BT router then you should be able to connect directly to the address given to it via DHCP because it *should* be a real Internet accessible address.

Drive Redirection virtual channel hangs when copying a file from server to client over RDP 8.1

Problem Summary:
A UTF-8 without BOM Web RoE XML file output from a line of business application will not drag and drop copy nor copy/paste from a Server 2012 R2 RD Session Host running RD Gateway to a Windows 7 Remote Desktop client over an RDP 8.1 connection and the Drive
Redirection virtual channel hangs. The same issue affects a test client/server with only Remote Desktop enabled on the server.
Other files copy with no issue. See below for more info.
Environment:
Server 2012 R2 Standard v6.3.9600 Build 9600
the production server runs RDS Session Host and RD Gateway roles (on the same server). BUT,
the issue can be reproduced on a test machine running this OS with simply Remote Desktop enabled for Remote Administration
Windows 7 Pro w SP1v6.1.7601 SP1 Build 7601 running updates to support RDP 8.1
More Information:
-the file is a UTF-8 w/o BOM (Byte Order Marker) file containing XML data and has a .BLK extension. It is a Web Record of Employment (RoE) data file exported from the Maestro accounting application.
-the XML file that does not copy does successfully validate against CRA's validation XML Schema for Web RoE files
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-the Drive Redirection virtual channel can be re-established by disconnecting/reconnecting
-when the copy fails, a file is created on the client and is a similar size to the original. However, the contents are incomplete. The file appears blank but CTRL-A shows whitespace
-we can copy the contents into a file created with Notepad and then that file, which used to copy, will then NOT copy
-the issue affects another Server 2012 R2 test installation, not just the production server
-it also affects other client Win7 Pro systems against affected server
-the issue is uni-directional i.e. copy fails server to client but succeeds client to server
-I don't notice any event log entries at the time I attempt to copy the file.
What DOES WORK
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-modifying the file > 2 characters -- either changing existing characters or adding characters (CRLFs) WORKS
-compressing the file WORKS e.g. to a ZIP file
-copying OTHER files of smaller, same, and larger sizes WORKS
What DOES NOT WORK?
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-Disabling SMB3 and SMB2 does not work
-modifying TCP auto-tuning does not work
-disabling WinFW on both client and server does not work
As noted above, if I modify the affected file to sanitize it's contents, it will work, so it's not much help. I'm going to try to get a sample file exported that I can upload since I can't give you the original.
Your help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks.
Kevin

Hi Dharmesh,
Thanks for your reply!
The issue does seem to affect multiple users. I'm not fully clear on whether it's multiple users and the same employee's file, but I suspect so.
The issue happens with a specific XML file and I've since determined that it seems to affect the exported RoE XML file for one employee (record?) in the software. Other employees appear to work.
The biggest issue is that there's limited support from the vendor in this scenario. Their app is supported on 2012 R2 RDS.
What I can't quite wrap my head around are
why does it work in RDP 7.1 but not 8.1? What differences between the two for drive redirection would have it work in 7.1 and not 8.1?
when I examine the affected file, it really doesn't appear any different than one that works. I used Notepad++ and it shows the encoding as the same and there doesn't appear to be any invalid characters in the affected file. I wondered
if there was some string of characters that was being misinterpreted by RDP or some other operation and blocked somehow but besides having disabled AV and firewall software on both ends, I'm not sure what else I could change to test that further
Since it seems to affect only the one employee's XML file AND since modifying that file to change details in order to post it online would then make that file able to be copied, it seems I won't be able to post a sample. Too bad.
Kevin

How can I do a clean install of Mac Mail client? ...

... without doing a clean reinstall of the entire OS?
I've been wrestling with my Mac Mail client all day and am pretty sure I've got a corrupted file somewhere, either in the app or in the Home<Library folder somewhere. I've been using the mail app for several years without issues with .mac mail as the primary and a couple of POP accounts from gmail and pacbell. The troubles began late Monday when I was batch deleting some old e-mails from the mail server. The entire inbox (maybe 120+ e-mails disappeared.
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Any suggestions?
Many thanks.

First find out if you need to reinstall the mail app. Create a new user by going to system preferences >accounts. Unlock the lock and click on the + sign. Create a new user account. Log into the new user by going to the apple menu and logging out. In the new user go to system preferences>.mac. Enter your user name and password. If you can log in here then open Mail. Your .mac mail should be automatically set up. Send a test e-mail to yourself. If Mail works then the problem is specific to your user account and you do not need to reinstall the Mail app. If the Mail works then consider continuing to set up your other accounts in this user. Once your accounts are working in the new user close all windows and applications. Go the the ~/Library/Preferences and holding down on the Option key drag the com.apple.mail.plist to desktop. Now select your hard drive icon in the finder window and double click on the Users folder. Drag the com.apple.mail.plist into the Shared folder. Log out of your new user account and back into your account. Navigate to the ~/Library/Preferences and drag your com.apple.mail.plist from that folder onto the desktop. Open your hard drive and go to the Users folder and open it, then open the Shared folder. Drag the com.apple .mail.plist from the shared folder into the open Preferences window. Close the windows and open mail. Mail should work.

TNS-03505:Failed to resolve name in oracle 11g.

i install oracle 11g client in my pc.i want to connect to the server i also used and install Toad Tools. i have server ip address.192.168.1.162 and userid and password and port number-1521
when i connect to the toad and its make error like that
ORA-12541TNS- no listener.
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# tnsnames.ora Network Configuration File: E:\app\IT\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\network\admin\tnsnames.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
ERP =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = IT-PC)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = erp)
ORACLR_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = CLRExtProc)
(PRESENTATION = RO)
ORCL =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST =IT-PC)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = orcl)
mlmdb =
     (DESCRIPTION =
     (ADDRESS_LIST =
     (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 192.168.8.162)(PORT = 1521))
     (CONNECT_DATA =
     (SERVICE_NAME = mlmdb)
and i want to connect mlmdb from server.
and this is my listner.ora file
# listener.ora Network Configuration File: E:\app\IT\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\network\admin\listener.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = CLRExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME = E:\app\IT\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
(ENVS = "EXTPROC_DLLS=ONLY:E:\app\IT\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\oraclr11.dll")
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1521))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST =IT-PC)(PORT = 1521))
ADR_BASE_LISTENER = E:\app\IT
and this is my sqlnet.ora file
# sqlnet.ora Network Configuration File: E:\app\IT\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\network\admin\sqlnet.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
# This file is actually generated by netca. But if customers choose to
# install "Software Only", this file wont exist and without the native
# authentication, they will not be able to connect to the database on NT.
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (NTS)
NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES, ONAMES, HOSTNAME)
when i connect form the run--cmd--tnsping mlmdb
its make error likes this
TNS-03505 : failed to resolve name ,
can anyone help me how can i find this solution
thanks in advance.

904803 wrote:
i install oracle 11g client in my pc.i want to connect to the server i also used and install Toad Tools. i have server ip address.192.168.1.162 and userid and password and port number-1521
when i connect to the toad and its make error like that
ORA-12541TNS- no listener.
and this is my tnsnames.ora file ,
# tnsnames.ora Network Configuration File: E:\app\IT\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\network\admin\tnsnames.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
ERP =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = IT-PC)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = erp)
ORACLR_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = CLRExtProc)
(PRESENTATION = RO)
ORCL =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST =IT-PC)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = orcl)
mlmdb =
     (DESCRIPTION =
     (ADDRESS_LIST =
     (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 192.168.8.162)(PORT = 1521))
     (CONNECT_DATA =
     (SERVICE_NAME = mlmdb)
and i want to connect mlmdb from server.
and this is my listner.ora file
# listener.ora Network Configuration File: E:\app\IT\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\network\admin\listener.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = CLRExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME = E:\app\IT\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
(ENVS = "EXTPROC_DLLS=ONLY:E:\app\IT\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\oraclr11.dll")
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1521))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST =IT-PC)(PORT = 1521))
ADR_BASE_LISTENER = E:\app\IT
and this is my sqlnet.ora file
# sqlnet.ora Network Configuration File: E:\app\IT\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\network\admin\sqlnet.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
# This file is actually generated by netca. But if customers choose to
# install "Software Only", this file wont exist and without the native
# authentication, they will not be able to connect to the database on NT.
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (NTS)
NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES, ONAMES, HOSTNAME)
when i connect form the run--cmd--tnsping mlmdb
its make error likes this
TNS-03505 : failed to resolve name ,
can anyone help me how can i find this solution
thanks in advance.looks like listener is not running on the database server you are trying to connect to *(ORA-12541TNS- no listener)*. even though you have configured both tnsnames and lisnterner.ora files, you have to start listener for clients to make connections to db. hope this helps. set your oracle home and then type as below. these commands are very simple and I don't think I need to explain them.
cmd> lsnrctl status
cmd> lsnrctl start
cmd> lsnrctl stop

Tnsping error - TNS-03505: Failed to resolve name

folks,
getting a strange problem - i have installed oracle 9i server in a WinXP machine and have installed a database UIIVS1.WORLD - this is the global_database_name.
but when i am trying to access it from a client, i am unable to do so.
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TNS Ping Utility for 32-bit Windows: Version 9.2.0.1.0 - Production on 28-OCT-20
04 16:19:03
Copyright (c) 1997 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Used parameter files:
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thanks and regards,
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TNS-03505: Failed to resolve name .. cannot connect using TCPS on 2484

Hello All,
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The tnsnames.ora file..
==============
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(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
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(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = GWH22)
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(DESCRIPTION =
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The sqlnet.ora..
==========
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# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
#NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES, EZCONNECT)
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES=(TCPS,NTS)
SSL_CLIENT_AUTHENTICATION = FALSE
WALLET_LOCATION =
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SSL_CIPHER_SUITES= (SSL_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, SSL_DH_anon_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA)
The Tnspings to these two TNS-entries.. as per Tnsnames.ora file..
=========================================
webserver:/vol01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/network/admin> tnsping GMACPREPROD
TNS Ping Utility for Solaris: Version 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on 08-AUG-2011 12:10:22
Copyright (c) 1997, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Used parameter files:
/vol01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/network/admin/sqlnet.ora
Used TNSNAMES adapter to resolve the alias
Attempting to contact (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 10.59.100.253)(PORT = 1521))) (CONNECT_DATA = (SID = GWH22)))
OK (10 msec)
webserver:/vol01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/network/admin> tnsping GMACPP
TNS Ping Utility for Solaris: Version 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on 08-AUG-2011 12:09:58
Copyright (c) 1997, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Used parameter files:
/vol01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/network/admin/sqlnet.ora
TNS-03505: Failed to resolve name
Now the directory contents of the wallet..
webserver:/vol01/local/oracle> ls -ltr
total 58
drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle dba 512 Apr 11 16:35 client_wallet
drwxr-xr-x 3 oracle dba 512 Jul 12 06:06 product
-rwxrwxr-x 1 oracle dba 27648 Aug 4 08:16 server_wallet.tar
webserver:/vol01/local/oracle> ls -lrt client_wallet
total 48
-rwxr--r-- 1 oracle dba 422 Apr 6 11:55 server_ca_usplgmacdb001.cert
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 322 Apr 6 11:56 server_wallet.info
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 423 Apr 6 16:41 steve_client_ca.cert
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle dba 609 Apr 11 16:35 bzbbd3.cert
-rw------- 1 oracle dba 10181 Apr 11 16:37 ewallet.p12
-rw------- 1 oracle dba 10210 Apr 11 16:37 cwallet.sso
Am still groping in the dark.. please help.. am I missing anything?
Best Regards,
Abhijit

Hi,
Thanks for your reply..
Nope.. just had set earlier $ORACLE_HOME and added the $ORACLE_HOME/bin into the $PATH. So I will set up TNS_ADMIN in the oracle user environment.. is that all I need to do?
Dont have any access to the server environment as I have to work through a shared desktop(taking control) :(
Regards,
Abhijit

TNS-03505: Failed to resolve name while do TNSPING "SERVICE-NAME"

Dear All,
I am unable to connect to DB on Windows thru SQLPLUS DB/PWD
Also, when doing tnsping, it thru below error message- please help
Used parameter files:
D:\app\Administrator\product\11.2.0\client_1\network\admin\sqlnet.ora
TNS-03505: Failed to resolve name
Regards,
Anand

ORA-12154 ALWAYS only occurs on SQL Client & no SQL*Net packets ever leave client system
ORA-12154 NEVER involves the listener, the database itself or anything on the DB Server.
ORA-12154 occurs when client requests a connection to some DB server system using some connection string.
TNS-03505 is thrown by tnsping & is same error as ORA-12154 thrown by sqlplus or others.
The lookup operation fails because the name provided can NOT be resolved to any remote DB.
The analogous operation would be when you wanted to call somebody, but could not find their name in any phonebook.
The most frequent cause for the ORA-12154 error is when the connection alias can not be found in tnsnames.ora.
The lookup operation of the alias can be impacted by the contents of the sqlnet.ora file; specifically DOMAIN entry.
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE: ORA-12154 & TNS-12154 TNS:could not resolve service name [ID 114085.1]
http://edstevensdba.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/ora-12154tns-03505/

How to backup Mac Lion over the network

I have a client who asked me to set up a Lion email server for 20 users. It is running open directory for the user accounts and has a wiki set up on it as well. I have been researching backup solutions for it. The server runs in a remote data center environment and it is the only mac on the network. There are other Linux and windows machines on the same network as well. I would like a backup solution for the email and open directory database that doesn't require stopping the email service (if possible), and I would like to back up over the network (if possible).
What would be the best way to back up this server considering it needs to be in service 24/7? I am open to both free and commercial solutions. Any thoughts or comments would be very much appreciated.

As the server is in a (remote) data center the first more normal approach for backing up over the network would require you to have access to a second computer in the same data center this would require additional hosting costs.
The next (network) approach would involve backing up from the server in the data center over the Internet to perhaps a machine at your own office, or another site, or a third option to use a commercial Internet based backup service.
Internet backup services include the following and I am sure plenty of others -
Mozy - http://mozy.com/
Backblaze - http://www.backblaze.com/
Carbonite - http://www.carbonite.co.uk/
Crashplan - http://www.crashplan.com/
iDrive Pro - http://www.idrive.com/index.html
Livedrive - http://www.livedrive.com/
If your backing up to your own Mac over the Internet you will need to setup a VPN link. You could in theory as one possible example, have the Mac mini in the data center also act as a VPN server so you can fully access it, then mount the volumes over AFP, then use any standard backup tool to copy that to a local volume. Retrospect would be able to do this as one example. Another way is rather than using AFP, use FTP to download everything. However unless you protect FTP behind a VPN it is these days considered very insecure.
Another approach is to use Rsync which is designed original for Unix/Linux for this exact purpose but like all Linux originated software is far from friendly. See http://www.rsync.net/resources/howto/mac_rsync.html

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I have a new website with ipage and would like to configure my new domain imap email on my mac mail client. Neither Apple nor Ipage support have been able to resolve why the outgoing server will not send messages. All variations of settings have been tried. I think it may be an SSL issue, but whichever, it must be possible to set up such an account. Anyone? Please?

Shootist007,
I too loaded sparrow and it did seem to work fine with my (multiple) Gmail accounts and the folder/labels looked great (they do allow you to separate your inboxes/labels) with just a keystroke??---What I found was their HELP files were as MINIMAL as their program (fine for the more experienced I am sure)
I spent several hours!!! trying to figure out how to move the inbox messages to the (FOLDERS)??? I gave up!!
IF ANYONE KNOWS THE STEPS FOR DOING THIS I may well try the program again as it did seem to behave with Gmail/multiple accounts/personal domain quite well!
I will download thunderbird and give it a go in the morning
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Chaplain T

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Hi all,
I am working in a company that many users have Macbooks Air and Pro. One specific user with a a Macbook air that has a clean install of Yosemite (not even a week ) started to have problems with the mac mail client attachements. Every time he tried to insert a file the mail client frozen and had to force quit. After a while i observe the same issue on Outlook mail client. At last after a reboot that he did to see if that gonna solve the problem then Skype started to freeze also and had to quit every time. So now, so far none of the above apps work as expected and the Skype doesn't work at all. It has to be noted here that we did the upgrade from Mavericks to Yosemite to solve the Skype issue that he had also for a couple months now and it wasn't resolved from Skype's support team( never answered). So for now we have again the same problem and and with a fresh install of Yosemite i am started to thinking about hardware issues or even broken drivers, code to Yosemite etc. The laptop has an encrypted SSD using Filevault, SEP, Office and Acrobat Reader nothing else.
Any thoughts to solve this issue?

Hi Brody,
Thank you for your answer, yes i did erase the hard drive and install Yosemite!! After a second call that i made with my client he said that first of all:
The problems of the Outlook and mac mail client attachements freeze started after he install Cisco VPN Anyconnect (I don't think that this has to do anything with the freezing) so he tried to remove this using Appcleaner. After this not only the Outlook and mac mail client attachements freeze problem was remaining but he saw that skype started to freeze also. No matter how many uninstall and install he made to the Skype, Skype continues to freeze. For the mail freeze i advise him to use the verify/repair disk permissions and so far that one solved. The remaining problem is the Skype Freeze so far. I also tried to remove the Skype following this https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12073/how-can-i-completely-uninstall-and-then -reinstall-skype-for-mac-os-x
so to avoid Appcleaner and still the problem persist even with older versions of Skype. I also create another profile account in Yosemite and Skype seemed to played well there. But i would need to solve in his account so to avoid any file transfer. Do you have any idea why that happened? Is it a file permissions problem? Corrupt/missing files in users profile? This one problem had in the past as i wrote in the previous comment and couldn't work at that time.
Any thought on that? What could be wrong?
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