Dear all, I have quite a specific problem, for which I'm hoping you may have the solution. I have implemented CMAN 11.2 on SPARC and would like to duplicate a database "from active database". For this to work (without CMAN) you need to statically register target and auxiliary with their listeners. So you'd have a SID_LIST_LISTENER similar to this: LISTENER= (DESCRIPTION= (ADDRESS_LIST= (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=192.168.100.225)(PORT=1521)) ) ) SID_LIST_LISTENER= (SID_LIST= (SID_DESC= (SID_NAME=cmandb) (ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1) ) ) This works on the local host-I can connect as sysdba via NET*8 even if the instance is down and start/stop it. However I cannot connect via CMAN, and it's quite clear as to why. If my database CMANDB is up, I see it on the CMAN host: [oracle@cman trace]$ cmctl CMCTL for Linux: Version 11.2.0.2.0 - Production on 21-JUL-2011 16:57:09 Copyright (c) 1996, 2010, Oracle. All rights reserved. Welcome to CMCTL, type "help" for information. CMCTL> administer cman1 Current instance cman1 is already started Connections refer to (address=(protocol=tcp)(host=192.168.99.224)(port=1821)). The command completed successfully. CMCTL:cman1> show service Services Summary... Proxy service "cmgw" has 1 instance(s). Instance "cman", status READY, has 2 handler(s) for this service... Handler(s): "cmgw001" established:20 refused:0 current:0 max:256 state:ready <machine: 127.0.0.1, pid: 2298> (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=127.0.0.1)(PORT=23589)) "cmgw000" established:22 refused:0 current:0 max:256 state:ready <machine: 127.0.0.1, pid: 2294> (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=127.0.0.1)(PORT=31911)) Service "cmandb" has 1 instance(s). Instance "cmandb", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service... Handler(s): "DEDICATED" established:0 refused:0 state:ready REMOTE SERVER (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(PORT=1521)(HOST=192.168.100.225))) Service "cmon" has 1 instance(s). Instance "cman", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service... Handler(s): "cmon" established:4 refused:0 current:1 max:4 state:ready <machine: 127.0.0.1, pid: 2282> (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=127.0.0.1)(PORT=59541)) The command completed successfully. As soon as the instance is down, this entry disappears: CMCTL:cman1> show service Services Summary... Proxy service "cmgw" has 1 instance(s). Instance "cman", status READY, has 2 handler(s) for this service... Handler(s): "cmgw001" established:20 refused:0 current:0 max:256 state:ready <machine: 127.0.0.1, pid: 2298> (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=127.0.0.1)(PORT=23589)) "cmgw000" established:22 refused:0 current:0 max:256 state:ready <machine: 127.0.0.1, pid: 2294> (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=127.0.0.1)(PORT=31911)) Service "cmon" has 1 instance(s). Instance "cman", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service... Handler(s): "cmon" established:4 refused:0 current:2 max:4 state:ready <machine: 127.0.0.1, pid: 2282> (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=127.0.0.1)(PORT=59541)) The command completed successfully. Does anyone have a suggestion how to "statically" register the database with connection manager? I tried google and MOS but drew a blank. I also have an SR open but little hope as always. Thanks for any pointers, Martin