It uses the LOCAL_LISTENER init parameter. -Jeremy PS. some more info here: http://www.ardentperf.com/2007/04/02/local_listener-and-ora-12545/ Guillermo Alan Bort wrote: > Hi List, > > I'm facing a strange problem with a RAC. From what I gather, when I > try to connect to a node and it sends me to the other (because the > service I'm trying to access is on that node) it does so by returning > the hostname of the other node. My question is, how does it know what > the hostname of the other node is? is that configured at installation? > can it be modified? It returns an FQDN that doesn't exist... so other > than adding the entry to the client's hosts file, I'm at a loss here. > > I don't know if my question is clear enough, so here it goes again: > where do I set up the hostname of the RAC nodes? > > thanks > Alan.- -- http://www.ardentperf.com +1 312-725-9249 Jeremy Schneider Chicago -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l