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11gR2 DBCA Can not Connect to Database/Instance in Multiple Listener Environment (Doc ID
1352890.1)

In this Document

Symptoms
Changes
Cause
Solution
References

APPLIES TO:

Oracle Database Configuration Assistant - Version 11.2.0.1 and later

Information in this document applies to any platform.

SYMPTOMS

11gR2 Grid Infrastructure/RAC with multiple listeners on different ports, dbca fails to connect to database with the
following symptoms:

Screen error:

Connection to the database cannot be established because the listener could be down. Please make sure
that the service is registered with a listener and the listener is up.

Connection to the database failed. Please make sure that service "<HOSTNAME1>-vip:1521:<SID>" is
registered with the listener, user name "sys" has SYSDBA privilege, password is correct and then try
again

dbca trace in $ORACLE_BASE/cfgtoollogs/dbca

[AWT-EventQueue-0] [ 2011-02-03 08:49:00.866 EST ]

[HADatabaseUtils.getDefaultListenerConnectString:1865] inside getDefaultListenerConnectString :
ConnectString : <HOSTNAME1>-vip:1521:<SID>
[AWT-EventQueue-0] [ 2011-02-03 08:49:00.866 EST ] [DatabaseListPage.validate:753] setting connect
service <HOSTNAME1>-vip:1521:<SID>
[AWT-EventQueue-0] [ 2011-05-25 09:37:44.356 PDT ] [DatabaseListPage.validate:759]
DatabaseListPage: localInstanceName=<SID>
[AWT-EventQueue-0] [ 2011-05-25 09:37:44.356 PDT ] [Verifier.validateCredentials:451] Verifier:
service = <HOSTNAME1>-vip:1521:<SID>
[AWT-EventQueue-0] [ 2011-05-25 09:37:44.358 PDT ] [Verifier.validateCredentials:452] Verifier:
bRemote = true
[AWT-EventQueue-0] [ 2011-05-25 09:37:44.358 PDT ] [Verifier.validateCredentials:453] Verifier: err
after calling getUserNameError function = null
[AWT-EventQueue-0] [ 2011-05-25 09:37:44.359 PDT ] [Verifier.validateCredentials:463] Verifier: err
after calling getPswdError function = null
[AWT-EventQueue-0] [ 2011-05-25 09:37:44.359 PDT ] [Verifier.validateCredentials:476] Verifier: err
after calling getServiceError function = null
May 25, 2011 9:37:44 AM oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver registerMBeans
WARNING: Error while registering Oracle JDBC Diagnosability MBean.
java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (javax.management.MBeanTrustPermission register)
at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:264)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:568)
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at
com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.checkMBeanTrustPermission(DefaultMBeanServerIntercepto
at
com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.registerMBean(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:335)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.registerMBean(JmxMBeanServer.java:497)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.registerMBeans(OracleDriver.java:342)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver$1.run(OracleDriver.java:199)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.<clinit>(OracleDriver.java:195)
at oracle.sysman.vdb.VdbSessionFactory.construct(VdbSessionFactory.java:532)
at oracle.sysman.vdb.VdbSessionFactory.<init>(VdbSessionFactory.java:434)
at
oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.backend.ServerObjectFactory.getSqlEngine(ServerObjectFactory.java:133)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.backend.DatabaseAttributes.<init>(DatabaseAttributes.java:158)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.backend.Verifier.validateCredentials(Verifier.java:494)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.ui.DatabaseListPage.validate(DatabaseListPage.java:768)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.wizard.WizardPageExt.wizardValidatePage(WizardPageExt.java:214)
at oracle.ewt.wizard.WizardPage.processWizardValidateEvent(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ewt.wizard.WizardPage.validatePage(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ewt.wizard.BaseWizard.validateSelectedPage(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ewt.wizard.BaseWizard.doNext(Unknown Source)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.wizard.WizardExt.doNext(WizardExt.java:265)
at oracle.ewt.wizard.BaseWizard$Action.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ewt.button.PushButton.processActionEvent(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ewt.button.PushButton.processEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ewt.lwAWT.LWComponent.redispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ewt.lwAWT.LWComponent.processEvent(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ewt.button.PushButton.activate(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ewt.lwAWT.AbstractButton.processMouseReleased(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ewt.lwAWT.AbstractButton.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5282)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:1966)
at oracle.ewt.lwAWT.LWComponent.processEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ewt.button.PushButton.processEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ewt.lwAWT.LWComponent.redispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at oracle.ewt.lwAWT.LWComponent.processEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3984)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2024)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3819)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4212)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:3892)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:3822)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2010)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:1791)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3819)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:463)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:242)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:163)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:157)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:149)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:110)
[AWT-EventQueue-0] [ 2011-05-25 09:37:44.948 PDT ] [Verifier.validateCredentials:511] SID given in
connect descriptor could not be resolved

In this example instance name is <SID> and registered to listener_<SID> (port 1529) only:

SQL> show parameter local_listener

--------------------------------------
local_listener string (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=
<HOSTNAME1>-vip)(PORT=1529))))

Two listeners LISTENER(port 1521) and LISTENER_<SID>(port 1529)

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$GRID_HOME/bin/crsctl stat res -t

..
ora.LISTENER.lsnr
ONLINE ONLINE <HOST1>
ONLINE ONLINE <HOST2>
ora.LISTENER_<SID>.lsnr
ONLINE ONLINE <HOST1>
ONLINE ONLINE <HOST2>

$GRID_HOME/bin/lsnrctl status listener

..
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=LISTENER)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=XX.X.X.AA)(PORT=1521)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=XX.X.X.BB)(PORT=1521)))
Services Summary...
Service "+ASM" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "+ASM1", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...

$GRID_HOME/bin/lsnrctl status listener_racdb

..
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=LISTENER_RACDB)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=XX.X.X.AA)(PORT=1529)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=XX.X.X.BB)(PORT=1529)))
Services Summary...
Service "<SID>" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "<SID1>", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "<SID>XDB" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "<SID1>", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...

CHANGES

CAUSE

In 11gR2, a database must register to default listener in GRID_HOME, the behaviour is expected as per the following
document:

Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide

11g Release 2 (11.2)

Overview of Oracle RAC Installation and Database Creation

SOLUTION

The fix is to register instance to default listener in GRID_HOME on top of the listeners it's currently registered to.

SQL> alter system set local_listener='(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=

<HOSTNAME1>-vip)(PORT=1521))(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=<HOSTNAME1>-vip)(PORT=1529))))'
sid='<SID1>';

REFERENCES
BUG:12591510 - DBCA CAN NOT CONNECT TO INSTANCE ON OTHER PORT
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