TNS-00517: Lost contact and How to resolve “TNS-12547: TNS:lost contact TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error TNS-00517: Lost contact”

Hi,

Sometimes You can get “TNS-00517: Lost contact ” error.

 

Details of error are as follows.

TNS-00517: Lost contact
Cause: Partner has unexpectedly gone away.
Action: Investigate partner application for abnormal termination.

 

When you got this error, check your /etc/hosts file, if the following entry don’t exist in the /etc/hosts file,

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

 

then add it and try to start Listener again.

[oracle@msdbadm01 ~]$ lsnrctl start LISTENER

Check listener status as follows, it is listening the Database and its service as follows.

 

[oracle@msdbadm01 ~]$ lsnrctl status

LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 18.0.0.0.0 - Production on 28-APR-2020 15:44:29

Copyright (c) 1991, 2019, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Connecting to (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=)(PORT=1521))
STATUS of the LISTENER
------------------------
Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 18.0.0.0.0 - Production
Start Date 25-MAR-2020 20:34:20
Uptime 33 days 19 hr. 10 min. 8 sec
Trace Level off
Security ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP OFF
Listener Parameter File /u01/grid/network/admin/listener.ora
Listener Log File /u01/app/grid/diag/tnslsnr/vfxidb01/listener/alert/log.xml
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=LISTENER)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=192.168.63.34)(PORT=1521)))
Services Summary...
Service "+APX" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "+APX1", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "+ASM" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "+ASM1", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "+ASM_DATA" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "+ASM1", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "+ASM_RECO" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "+ASM1", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "MSDB" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "MSDB1", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "MSDBXDB" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "MSDB1", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...

[oracle@msdbadm01 ~]$

 

 

Do you want to learn more details about RMAN, then read the following articles.

https://ittutorial.org/rman-backup-restore-and-recovery-tutorials-for-beginners-in-the-oracle-database/

 

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