Urgent - listener aliases

Question

Hi I have a rather urgent issue - I thought this would be simple but it is not working. I feel I am close:
I have an instance name TIRAT04, but I am rebuilding it and must rename the new one TIRAT04A. I want all my applications to still be able to connect using the old SID, but am not having any luck. All client are jdbc thin, using the Oracle 10.2 driver.
I have gotten as far as being able to tnsping the new connection locally, but my jdbc client still give me the error:
ORA-12505, TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor
Here is my listener.ora and tnsnames on the DB server:
listener.ora:
=======================
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME = /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
(SID_DESC =
(GLOBAL_DBNAME = TIRAT06)
(ORACLE_HOME = /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1)
(SID_NAME = TIRAT06)
(SID_DESC =
(GLOBAL_DBNAME = TIRAT06A)
(ORACLE_HOME = /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1)
(SID_NAME = TIRAT06)
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = jumpdb3.mydomain.com)(PORT = 1521))
===========
tnsnames.ora
=============
TIRAT06 =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = jumpdb3.mydomain.com)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = TIRAT06.mydomain.com)
TIRAT06A =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = jumpdb3.mydomain.com)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = TIRAT06.mydomain.com)
EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = PLSExtProc)
(PRESENTATION = RO)
=================
Anyone know what I am missing? Is this possible with the thin client?
appreciated!
Trevor

Answer 1

More info - I can connect with the EM console using the alias, but unfortunately this is an OCI connection, not JDBC thin. The problem seems to lie in the request for SID (jdbc) vs SERVICE_NAME (OCI)
06-MAY-2006 00:51:49 * (CONNECT_DATA=(SID=TIRAT06A)(CID=(PROGRAM=)(HOST=__jdbc__)(USER=))) * (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=10.5.150.55)(PORT=2120 )) * establish * TIRAT06A * 12505
TNS-12505: TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor
06-MAY-2006 01:02:38 * (CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=TIRAT06A)(CID=(PROGRAM=C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\client_1\jdk\jre\bin\java.exe)(HOST=TMARSHALL )(USER=tmarshall))) * (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=10.5.150.55)(PORT=2185)) * establish * TIRAT06A * 0
How can I resolve SID to SERVICE_NAME, without changing the jdbc datasource in my applications? I know the SID is actually burned into the DB.
I followed this thread Listener alias question.
but it didn't help. Same problem, but not JDBC.
[oracle@jumpdb3 ~]$ lsnrctl status
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on 06-MAY-2006 01:12:32
Copyright (c) 1991, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC1)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
Start Date 05-MAY-2006 19:08:40
Uptime 0 days 6 hr. 3 min. 51 sec
Trace Level off
Security ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP ON
Listener Parameter File /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/network/admin/listener.ora
Listener Log File /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/network/log/listener.log
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=EXTPROC1)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=jumpdb3.mydomain.com)(PORT=1521)))
Services Summary...
Service "PLSExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "PLSExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "TIRAT06" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "TIRAT06", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "TIRAT06.mydomain.com" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "TIRAT06", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "TIRAT06A" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "TIRAT06", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "TIRAT06XDB.mydomain.com" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "TIRAT06", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "TIRAT06_XPT.mydomain.com" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "TIRAT06", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully
cheers,
Trev