Oracle Net8 Configuration and Troubleshooting

By Jonathan Gennick, Hugo Toledo

large pools

    memory for implementing MTS 

    storing UGAs 

LARGE_POOL parameter 

launch.exe executable program 

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)  2nd 

    addressing a server 

    administrative context, creating 

    client configurations 

    creating/accessing a user  

    default administrative context

        choosing 

        specifying 

    definition of 

    directory hierarchies 

    directory naming and 

     NAMES .DIRECTORY_PATH parameter and 

    naming methods , specifying 

    net service names

        creating 

        defining 

        management of 

        specifying 

        testing 

    Oracle usage of 

    using 

LDAP servers, addressing 

LDAP users, creating/accessing 

ldap.ora file

    creating net service name and 

    LDAP servers, addressing 

    testing net service names 

    using LDAP directories

        client configuration for 

    using LDAP directory 

Level 1/2 (log files) 

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol  [See LDAP]

Linux systems

    error messages and 

    executable programs, locating 

    listeners, stopping and starting 

    multi-threaded server status, viewing 

    Names Wizard and 

    Net8 Assistant and  2nd 

    ps command, using MTS_SERVERS/MTS_MAX_SERVERS parameters 

    starting the listener at boot time 

    tnsping parameter and 

LISTENER (default listener name), starting a listener 

listener (Net8)

    configuring servers 

    control commands, executing 

    dedicated server configurations and 

    deleting 

    hostname command and 

    Listener Control utility 

        starting and stopping 

    log files and 

    modifying 

    multiple 

    port numbers , choosing 

    recording events in log 

    reloading parameters 

    saving configurations 

    securing 

    starting and stopping with scripts 

    TCP/IP connections and 

    trace file parameters and 

listener address entry  2nd  3rd 

    formats for 

Listener Control utility  2nd 

    commands, executing 

        script files and 

    configuring listeners 

    connection limits, determining 

    modifying a listener 

    multi-threaded server status, viewing 

    reloading parameters 

    saving changes to listener.ora file 

    securing listeners and 

    SET PASSWORD command and 

    starting and stopping 

listener load balancing 

    with client load balancing 

listener log files 

    client connections and 

listener.ora file 

    changing Net8 settings 

    control parameters and  2nd  3rd 

    dedicated server configurations and 

    encrypted/unencrypted passwords 

    external procedure calls, supporting 

    IPC connections and 

    listener addresses and  2nd 

    listeners

        configuring 

        modifying and deleting 

    log files and 

    parameters of 

    prespawned dedicated server processes and 

    reloading listener parameters 

    saving configurations 

    SID_LIST parameter and 

    static services 

    TCP/IP connection, configuring 

    trace file parameters and 

listener_name.log (default log filename) 

ln commands, starting and stopping the listener 

load balancing 

    client 

    combining listener and client 

    listener 

    multiple descriptions and 

    multiple listener addresses and 

    Net8 Assistant and 

LOAD_TNSNAMES command 

local naming methods 

    choosing names 

LOCAL variable 

LOCAL_LISTENER parameter  2nd 

    listener load balancing and 

    registering with wrong listener 

location transparency 

log files 

    choosing location 

    client 

    Connection Manager 

    listener 

    managing 

    Name servers 

    server 

    setting levels 

    using 

log level

    cmctl executable name and 

    setting 

LOG_DIRECTORY parameter 

LOG_DIRECTORY_CLIENT parameter  2nd 

LOG_DIRECTORY_listener_name parameter 

LOG_DIRECTORY_SERVER parameter 

LOG_FILE parameter 

LOG_FILE_CLIENT parameter  2nd 

LOG_FILE_listener_name parameter 

LOG_FILE_SERVER parameter 

LOG_LEVEL attribute

    Connection Manager profile settings 

    managing log files 

LOGGING_listener_name parameter 

lsnrctl command 

    executing Listener Control commands 

    starting the Listener Control utility