Re: RMAN Error on Linux -

On 23 Mar 2006 08:37:17 -0800, "Mark" <mark.dodson_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>Good morning. I would appreciate any help or direction on the problem
>I am having (listed below).
>
>An error is occurring on one of my servers when I use RMAN to backup or
>Export data. The OS is Linux AS 2.1 & the DB is Oracle 9.2.0.4. I
>compared the objects which seem to be causing the problem. (The problem
>is occurring on Server2)
>
>***************************************************************
>Server 1
>lrwxrwxrwx 1 orar3p dba 16 Aug 19 2004 libclntsh.so ->
>libclntsh.so.9.0
>-rwxr-xr-x 1 orar3p dba 11528412 Aug 2 2004
>libclntsh.so.9.0
>
>Server 2
>-rwxr-xr-x 1 orar3d dba 11528412 Aug 2 2004 libclntsh.so
>-rwxr-xr-x 1 orar3d dba 11528412 Aug 2 2004
>libclntsh.so.9.0
>
>***************************************************************
>
>A soft-link was created to make the shared object in Server 2 look like
>Server1 but the error is still occurring
>
>
>The error is listed below:
>
>
>Fatal NI connect error 12547, connecting to:
>
>VERSION INFORMATION:
>TNS for Linux: Version 9.2.0.4.0 - Production
>Oracle Bequeath NT Protocol Adapter for Linux: Version 9.2.0.4.0 -
>Production
>Time: 22-MAR-2006 22:00:01
>Tracing not turned on.
>Tns error struct:
>nr err code: 0
>ns main err code: 12547
>
>TNS-12547: TNS:lost contact
>ns secondary err code: 12560
>nt main err code: 517
>
>TNS-00517: Lost contact
>/oracle/R3D/920_32/bin/sqlplus: error while loading shared libraries:
>libclntsh.so.9.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
>directory
>
>nms-915: The Job failed, error code=
> nt secondary err code: 32
> nt OS err code: 0
>
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mark

You have a screwed install on server 2, mixing libraries from two different Oracle versions and/or mixing 32-bit and 64-bit dll's

Your problem has nothing at all to do with RMAN as libclntsh is the central interface to Oracle.

I guess you need to
- resort from hacking (see above)
- re-install

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA