I tried as system as well, got the same error. The drop down that allows you to choose the connection role (sysdba) is greyed out and set as sysdba... cheers Alan.- On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Peter Nedeljkovich < pnedeljkovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think you have to login as system, not sys > > > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Guillermo Alan Bort > *Sent:* Thursday, January 27, 2011 3:07 PM > *To:* oracle-l-freelists > *Subject:* Connection to database and cluster database RACDB as user sys > failed. > > > > Listers, > > I find myself at a loss right now. > > this is an 11g EM (11.1.0.1.0) on Linux x86_64. I am trying to connect to > the 'services' page of a cluster (10.2.0.4.0) of 4 nodes. > > I connect to the EM, then go to targets, Databases, click on RACDB, then > the availability tab, then cluster managed service database. Then it asks to > specify both an OS and a DB user. The db user needs to be sysdba. So I > provide the 'oracle' credentials and the 'sys' credentials and I get > Connection to database and cluster database RACDB as user sys failed. > > This is consistently happening. > > I am certain that the password I am using for both the sys and oracle users > are correct. (connecting from sqlplus and toad works ok) > > I tried to create a new sysdba users with the dba and connect roles and I > got the same error. > > from the OMS server I am unable to connect using sql*plus because the > target host does not exist. I checked and the OMS home does not have a > tnsnames file. I assume that since the target was configured and is > otherwise working flawlessly, this has nothing to do with that. > > I checked and I have both access to the listener and agent port. The same > with ssh port. > > I tried google and metalink, but the error is too generic and neither was > much help. Is there a log or a trace I can enable or something to see a more > detailed error? > > thanks in advance > > > Alan.- > > -- > This message was scanned by the Georgian College ESVA and is believed to be > clean. >