Oracle 10.2.0.3.0 install on a desktop

[tom.s...@vetco.com]

Hi

I have installed the above version of Oracle on my Windows XP desktop
machine, and against my gut feeling I followed the advice of ignoring
the message about the Loopback connection.

Initially all seemed well, however now I can only access EM if my
machine is booted disconnected from the network. If it's connected,
in the services list I can see the service hasn't started, and cannot
be started, I get a fails with status 2.

Having Googled around, this seem to be because when you in stall a
directory is created in the structure that either has localhost or
machine name in it. A supposed resolution is to copy which ever
directory you have, and edit the directory name to the other, giving
you both - this isn't working for me.

I'm guessing that if I'd followed my gut feeling and set up the
loopback connection all would have been well from the beginning?

Is there a resolution, or am I doomed to uninstall and reinstall with
the loopback?

Tom

[sybrandb]

On Mar 20, 12:01 pm, "tom.simm...@vetco.com" <tom.simm...@vetco.com>
wrote:

It depends.
Do you want a working database, or do you enjoy hacking yourself out?
Theoretically you could reconfigure the database control using emca,
and that should work, however, you would still need the loopback
adapter.
Reinstall from scratch.
You never should ignore messages, as almost always you'll regret this
sooner or later.

--
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

[gazzag]

On 20 Mar, 11:01, "tom.simm...@vetco.com" <tom.simm...@vetco.com>
wrote:

I'm with Sybrand: re-install.

HTH

-g

[Shakespeare]

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Reinstall, and make sure that
1 - You have a loopback adapter
2 - A fully qualified host name with the address of the loopback in your
host file (could be anything but NOT localhost)
3 - Your loopback adapter is the last installed adapter
4 - (just to be sure) let the name in 2- be the first one in your host file
after localhost.

You MIGHT try this: disconnect from the network; see what your ip address is
(169. something); install a loopback adapter with this address; deactivate
it; connect to the network; activate it, start your database, listener and
em. It might work; and since you have to install the loopback anyway, it's
no extra work.

Shakespeare

[T]

On Mar 20, 1:31 pm, "Shakespeare" <what...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
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Thanks everyone, at least I now know that a reinstall is my best
option.

As a rule I do follow the prompts given, however not being familiar
with Oracle I took the advice of person that know more about it than
me! Hmmm, well are meant to know more about it that me.

Tom