Chapter 4. Basic Server Configuration
Net8 configuration on a database server is more complex than on a client. Not only do most of the tasks from client configuration carry over to server configuration, but you also have the additional complexity of configuring a Net8 listener. The Net8 listener is the software that allows Net8 clients to establish connections with the database instances running on a server.
This chapter will show you the basic tasks involved in configuring Net8 on a server. It describes the software that you need to install, and it shows you how to configure one or more Net8 listeners. It also describes dead connection detection and the use of prespawned dedicated server processes. Information on the use of multi-threaded server, and on advanced topics such as the configuration of Oracle Names and Connection Manager, are relegated to their own chapters later in this book.
The Overall Process
If you’re just trying to get a basic Net8 configuration up and running on your server so that clients can connect to your database, the process is fairly simple. Just follow these steps:
Install the Net8 software. This happens automatically when you do a default install of Oracle.
Create at least one database in order to have something to which clients can connect.
Configure your Net8 profile.
Define net service names.
Configure a Net8 listener using Net8 Assistant or by editing the
listener.oraconfiguration file.Optionally configure other Net8 features such as dead connection ...