Hi, thanks for replying. Suppiled listener entries from node which is working - cant get at other one (names changed though) there is no TAF here (problem is with new connection, using sqlplus as an example - app uses jdbc (AS 10g)) listener.ora LISTENER = (DESCRIPTION_LIST = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC)) ) (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = server2)(PORT = 1521)) ) ) ) LISTENER_db2 = (DESCRIPTION_LIST = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC)) ) (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = server2)(PORT = 1521)) ) ) ) SID_LIST_LISTENER = (SID_LIST = (SID_DESC = (SID_NAME = PLSExtProc) (ORACLE_HOME = /u01/app/oracle/product/ora92) (PROGRAM = extproc) ) (SID_DESC = (ORACLE_HOME = /u01/app/oracle/product/ora92) (SID_NAME = db2) ) ) tnsnames.ora db= (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = server1)(PORT = 1521)) (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = server2)(PORT = 1521)) (LOAD_BALANCE = yes) ) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = db) ) ) more interested in how jdbc works though as though it what my app uses Thanks On 8/9/05, Bryan Thomas <bthomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi David, > The question is, what type of connection string are you using to connect to > the > instance? Are you using TAF? If so what type. > > You may be using the delay and retries. This could make all connections to > server1 wait until they timeout until trying to connect to server2. > > -Bryan > > Quoting David Sharples <davidsharples@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > HI, > > > > Redhat 2.1, 9.2.0.5, 2 Node RAC. > > > > 2 servers, server1 and server2 > > > > server1 has died so all requests for connection are going to server > > two. However new connections are taking somewhere around 3 minutes to > > get in. > > > > tnsping also takes around the same time. > > > > The server2 isn't overloaded (there are no connections). > > > > Does this sound like a tcp timeout issue where the connection is > > waiting too long for a no connection type message. If so which > > setting(s) could it be? > > > > Or could it be something else. The listener setup looks fine on > > visyal inspection > > > > Thanks > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > Bryan Thomas > Senior Performance Consultant > Performance Tuning Corporation > www.perftuning.com > (512)751-5516 > bthomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l