Re: listener on windows using wrong directory structure

  • From: Norman Dunbar <oracle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:59:25 +0100

On 15/08/12 12:36, Jeffrey Beckstrom wrote:
> Previously installed Oracle 10G and 11G R1. Yesterday, installed 11.2.0.3. 
> Today decided to shutdown the 11g r1 listener and start the 11g r2 listener. 
> Would then change ports on 11g r1 and restart it for anything needing the old 
> listener, i.e. extproc. Well, I halted the 11gr1 listener and attempted to 
> start the new listener and received a message that "listener already 
> running"!! Did a status and it is using listener.ora from 10G directory! Set 
> oracle_home and tried another status and it is now using listener.ora from 
> 11G R1 home. Why isn't it using the correct home?

What is in the listener.ora file in your 11g netwok/admin for this 
particular listener? I suspect you have an entry that specified the 10g 
software rather than the 11g.

Look in the ORACLE_HOME parameter of the SID_LIST_listener_name entry.


Cheers,
Norm.


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