Trouble starting listener

Question

Hi.
AIX 5.2 / 9i.
I can connect to our DEV instance if I go to the server itself, no problem.
If I try with SQL*Plus then I get the old "no listner" response.
If I try "lsnrctl status" on the server I get:
oradbdev@TEST:lsnrctl status
LSNRCTL for IBM/AIX RISC System/6000: Version 9.2.0.5.0 - Production on 25-SEP-2
008 12:31:47
Copyright (c) 1991, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(PORT=1521))
TNS-12541: TNS:no listener
TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
TNS-00511: No listener
IBM/AIX RISC System/6000 Error: 79: Connection refused
If I try to lsnrctl start this is returned:
oradbdev@TEST:lsnrctl start
LSNRCTL for IBM/AIX RISC System/6000: Version 9.2.0.5.0 - Production on 25-SEP-2
008 12:32:31
Copyright (c) 1991, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Starting /oradbi2/oracle/testdb/9.2.0/bin/tnslsnr: please wait...
TNSLSNR for IBM/AIX RISC System/6000: Version 9.2.0.5.0 - Production
NL-00280: error creating log stream /oradbi2/oracle/testdb/9.2.0/network/log/lis
tener.log
NL-00278: cannot open log file
SNL-00016: snlfohd: error opening file
IBM/AIX RISC System/6000 Error: 13: Permission denied
Listener failed to start. See the error message(s) above...
The line in bold worries me. I have just cloned this DEV instance from TEST, and the /oradbi2/oracle path is the TEST instance not the DEV.
I have run adcfgclone almost to the end but it terminated with a connection failure.
I have been discusing this with Metalink but for the last 3 hours I have heard nothing from them. So I thought I would give you unpaid experts a shot.
Thanks for any advice in advance.

Answer 1

No - that apps listener issue is (on advise of ML) to be left until we complete the cloning.
You are right - there is an issue with permissions, but then I expect there would be because the listener on oradbi2 is owned by a different user since its on another instance (TEST).
The problem is that the DEV user is still looking at TEST (we cloned from TEST).
Perhaps this is because the adcfgclone script did not finish 100%.
I dont know which .env file I might take a look at to ensure that DEV points to oradbi3 and not oradbi2.
Actually, I just did a reload and now when I try Status it is pointing to the right destination (oradbi3)
Connecting to (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(PORT=1521))
STATUS of the LISTENER
Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for IBM/AIX RISC System/6000: Version 9.2.0.5.
0 - Production
Start Date 25-SEP-2008 13:16:33
Uptime 0 days 0 hr. 0 min. 2 sec
Trace Level off
Security OFF
SNMP OFF
Listener Parameter File /oradbi3/oracle/devdb/9.2.0/network/admin/DEV_doraldb/
listener.ora
Listener Log File /oradbi3/oracle/devdb/9.2.0/network/log/listener.log
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=doraldb.doral.com)(PORT=1521)))
The listener supports no services
The command completed successfully
It claims to be set to port 1521, yet when I go to the listner.ora file itself, it is listening on port 1525, which is what I set it to in the adcfgclone.pl stage.
Still cannot make sql connections - I have tried changing the port number in my own tnsnames.ora to both 1525 and / or 1521 and still the old "no listener" response.
Edited by: Dan A on Sep 25, 2008 1:14 PM