there's no solution yet, our network guys are looking into it. I thought the problem is the firewall because I can connect to the target using RMAN from another machine outside of the lab (our lab network is seperated from the production). On 8/3/07, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > What was the solution - did you/they disable the firewall completely, or > just open certain ports or IP addresses? I don't know that much about > firewalls - maybe they can be configured to allow only certain programs > through too, e.g. they could set it to only allow sqlplus on port 1521 (or > whatever your listener is on) - and not allow rman or any other program? > Any other network savvy folks on the list know if that's possible? > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Li Li [mailto:litanli@xxxxxxxxx] > > I am wondering this too. They are both connecting to the listener on the > same port. I was thinking maybe there's some other ports that RMAN uses too? > > Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or > attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not > consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions > and other information in this message that do not relate to the official > business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed > by it. >