But this should not be the problem because I can have multiple databases running on same host and using the same port (say 1521 ) for listener . So the same port can be re-used by multiple database listeners. Thanks And Regards, Anupam Pandey > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Saad Khan <saad4u@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> >>> Any expert opinion folks?? >>> >>> >> I am not going to claim expert status on this - I've never seen the error. >> >> The context of the error though tells me that some process is attempting >> start the listener on port 1526, and there is already a process using port >> 1526 - probably the listener that is already running. >> >> Verify what processes are attached to the port with fuser. >> This must be run as root: >> fuser -v -n tcp 1526 >> >> example: >> >> fuser -v -n tcp 1521 >> here: 1521 >> >> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND >> 1521/tcp oracle 16134 f.... tnslsnr >> >> >> Jared Still >> Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist >> Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com >> Home Page: http://jaredstill.com >> >> >> > >