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Hi,
We have Oracle 9i running on a Win NT network. There is a tnsnames.ora file in the default directory with the other Oracle program files. However, we would like to have OEM pointing to a different local tnsnames file (so that we can automatically see all our local databases listed, instead of seeing all the existing databases on the network). We have tried several methods to get this to work (added tns_admin values to the registry; added tns_admin environmental variable), but we cannot get the local values to show up as selectable values in OEM. Can anyone help?
Thanks!

Justin:
<quote>
But that's where the global tnsnames.ora file is located. Can't have two files named the same thing in the same directory.
</quote>
I meant put a tnsnames.ora file in $ORACLE_HOME\bin â¦ I was hoping OEM would pick the file from the directory where it got started rather than from $ORACLE_HOME\network\admin
I was hoping it will behave like SQL*Plus â¦ if you start SQL*Plus from a directory having a tnsnames.ora file then this file will take precedence over the tnsnames.ora from $ORACLE_HOME\network\admin
Meanwhile, I did get access to an OEM installation and tried it â¦ doesnât work for OEM. OEM starting connected to a Management Server will get the database list from the OEM repository; when starting OEM as a Standalone Console one can use âAdd Database To Treeâ to get service names from the local tnsnames.ora file or to manually enter them â¦ but it will always go to $ORACLE_HOME\network\admin (or maybe to whatever some environment variable points to).
Now, going back to 422328:
<quote>
But I would like to be able to get to my local databases without having to type in the names (in the fields at the top of the "Add Database" screen) every day.
</quote>
The thing is, with a Standalone Console, once you manually add a database, the entry goes into $ORACLE_HOME\network\admin\tnsnames.ora â¦ so I donât see why it would have to be entered every day â¦ unless the file is somewhere in the network and refreshed/replaced daily by the DBAs (which is what happens in lots of places). My question to you is â¦ once you manually add a new database, verify you can connect with SQL*Plus Worksheet â¦ than get out of OEM and connect back right away â¦ do you still see the database you have just added?

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