Hi All, Just to give the list an update, the DM-ETL was run successfully without the same error that we were having every time for last couple of weeks. So the following fix given by Oracle worked. :) Thanks everyone who shared their opinion. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Saad Khan <saad4u@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I opened a SR with oracle and they explained that it has nothing to do with > oracle database rather its something with the OS at client and ETL itself. > They mentioned its a known issue (though I didnt find this solution in > metalink) and following is the action to be taken at the app server where > ETL runs. > > Increase the free port range as follows: > > > > Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe). > > Locate the following key in the registry: > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters > > On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then add the following registry > value: > > > > Edit -> New-> DWORD Value > > > > Value Name: MaxUserPort Data Type: REG_DWORD Value: 65534 > > Valid Range: 5000-65534 (decimal) Default: 0x1388 (5000 decimal) > > > > Description: This parameter controls the maximum port number used when an > application requests any > > available user port from the system. Normally, ephemeral (that is, > short-lived) ports are allocated between the values of 1024 and 5000 > inclusive. > > ------------------ > > The change is made and app server is rebooted after that. Datamart ETL is > yet to run, so fingers crossed :) > > > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Niall Litchfield < > niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> The same port cannot be used by multiple listeners. One listener can >> service multiple databases or multiple services. You cannot however have >> multiple processes listening on the same port. I don't see the os but on >> Linux at about that release a second listener could be spawned under high >> load leading to the symptoms described - this would show up in the fuser >> command that jared listed. >> >> Niall Litchfield >> >> On Apr 18, 2010 12:35 AM, "Anupam Pandey" <my.oralce@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> 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 a... >> >> >