Setting TNS_ADMIN using srvctl setenv In EBS Running on RAC

Is it possible to set multiple values of TNS_ADMIN In Oracle EBS Running on RAC database using srvctl setenv? since EBS TNS is usually in the form$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/<context_name> thus the two nodes are bound to have different <context_name>....

If you intend to manage an Oracle E-Business Suite database with SRVCTL, you must perform the steps under "3.7.4 Update SRVCTL for New listener.ora" section in (Using Oracle 11g Release 2 Real Application Clusters with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (Doc ID 823587.1)).
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