What does your config look like? listener.ora, tnsnames.ora, remote_listener and local_listener. Finn On 1/22/08, Steiner, Randy <Randy.Steiner@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have a rac with 4 nodes. > > When all for instances are up, the load balancing works fine. As proof, I > do this in sqlplus > > Connect user/pw@service > > Select * from v$instance. > > And I see a reasonable randomness for all 4 nodes. > > > > But when I shutdown the instance on node 1 or 2 and did the same thing I > did not see a connection to node 4. > > I have not tried node 3 yet. > > > > Does anyone have an idea what might be going on? > > > > Thanks > > Randy >