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Oracle Database Administration: The Essential Refe
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Oracle Database Administration: The Essential Refe

by David C. Kreines, Brian Laskey
April 1999
Intermediate to advanced
584 pages
23h 17m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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SQL*Net Configuration

SQL*Net (Oracle7) and Net8 (Oracle8) must be configured, usually using Oracle Network Manager or the Net8 Assistant. This is typically done after the database software is installed and after at least one Oracle instance is up and running, but the configuration should be planned in advance. Before beginning a SQL*Net/Net8 configuration, you must know:

  • The types of network protocols that will be used to access Oracle in your environment

  • The naming scheme you will use to identify Oracle network nodes

  • The names and network locations of all servers, gateways, and MultiProtocol Interchanges in your environment

Once SQL*Net/Net8 is configured, the following files (at least) must be placed on each server:

listener.ora

Controls the operation of the SQL*Net listener process

tnsnames.ora

Maintains the relationship between logical node names (aliases) and physical locations in the network when the Oracle Names software is not used

sqlnet.ora

Controls logging of Oracle network operations (not required but highly desirable)

If you are using the Multi-Threaded Server, this fact must also be configured in the INIT.ORA file, as shown in the next section.

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