Are there any group policy objects on that server? If my memories are correct, there are some rules that could affect this issue. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Remigiusz Sokolowski Gesendet: Mittwoch, 26. November 2008 11:29 An: Niall Litchfield Cc: oracle-l Betreff: Re: listener failed to start a dedicated server process Niall Litchfield pisze: > Does a 'remote' connection work from the server itself? > > My first reaction is that you maybe being blocked by a firewall (most > likely the windows firewall - it's called windows security manager or > something similar in 2003 server). > > Niall yes - no firewall issue. However we did it - the worst part is I hava no idea why. The only changes we did were: - restart one of databases (I'm almost sure we did it yesterday, but because there are two of them, it is possible that it was always the other one - anyway a connection to any of them finished with failure), - set instances to autostart with windows service (I can not say why it would be able to improve such issue) Best regards and thanks for Your valuable time Remigiusz -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Remigiusz Sokolowski <remigiusz.sokolowski@xxxxxxxxxx> pos : DBA at DUSB addr : Nordea Bank Polska SA, Luzycka 6A Street, 81-537 Gdynia, Poland phone: +48 58 667 17 43 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nordea Bank Polska S.A. z siedzibą w Gdyni, ul. Kielecka 2, 81-303 Gdynia wpisaną do Rejestru Przedsiębiorców Krajowego Rejestru Sądowego pod numerem: 0000021828, dla której dokumentację przechowuje Sąd Rejonowy Gdańsk - Północ w Gdańsku, VIII Wydział Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru Sądowego, o kapitale zakładowym i wpłaconym w wysokości: 227.593.500,00 złotych, NIP: 586-000-78-20, REGON: 190024711 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l