Oracle 10g and dbca

I've encountered an unusual problem creating a new database using
Oracle 10g dbca. Whenever I attempt to create the first and only
database using dbca, it reports TNS 12154, and ORA-01031 errors. I have
been using several resources on the web to perform this procedure to
include Dizwell and Puschitz's sites to ensure that I have the precise
procedures, and have shared this problem with my company's Oracle DBA.
I am also a pretty experienced system administator and oracle
administrator, but have been unable to resolve this problem. I have a
new installation of CentOS 4.3, on a Dell 4100 dimension with 512MB
memory. I successfully installed only the oracle software, Oracle
10.1.0.3. I then created the listener using netca, and then attempted
to create the database using dbca. It immediately reported the
TNS-12154 error, which I selected to ignore, but it is then followed by
the ORA-01031-insufficient privileges error. Moreover, I have performed
this operation succesfully on another machine. Any suggestions would be
welcomed. What could I be missing?

On 20 Aug 2006 11:08:23 -0700, fmjohnson-at-gmail.com wrote:

>I've encountered an unusual problem creating a new database using
>Oracle 10g dbca. Whenever I attempt to create the first and only
>database using dbca, it reports TNS 12154, and ORA-01031 errors. I have
>been using several resources on the web to perform this procedure to
>include Dizwell and Puschitz's sites to ensure that I have the precise
>procedures, and have shared this problem with my company's Oracle DBA.
>I am also a pretty experienced system administator and oracle
>administrator, but have been unable to resolve this problem. I have a
>new installation of CentOS 4.3, on a Dell 4100 dimension with 512MB
>memory. I successfully installed only the oracle software, Oracle
>10.1.0.3. I then created the listener using netca, and then attempted
>to create the database using dbca. It immediately reported the
>TNS-12154 error, which I selected to ignore, but it is then followed by
>the ORA-01031-insufficient privileges error. Moreover, I have performed
>this operation succesfully on another machine. Any suggestions would be
>welcomed. What could I be missing?


Usually one creates the database prior to setting up the listener.
The errors you are getting now, you are getting *because* the database
doesn't exist.

--
Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

On 20 Aug 2006 11:08:23 -0700, fmjohnson-at-gmail.com wrote:

>I've encountered an unusual problem creating a new database using
>Oracle 10g dbca. Whenever I attempt to create the first and only
>database using dbca, it reports TNS 12154, and ORA-01031 errors. I have
>been using several resources on the web to perform this procedure to
>include Dizwell and Puschitz's sites to ensure that I have the precise
>procedures, and have shared this problem with my company's Oracle DBA.
>I am also a pretty experienced system administator and oracle
>administrator, but have been unable to resolve this problem. I have a
>new installation of CentOS 4.3, on a Dell 4100 dimension with 512MB
>memory. I successfully installed only the oracle software, Oracle
>10.1.0.3. I then created the listener using netca, and then attempted
>to create the database using dbca. It immediately reported the
>TNS-12154 error, which I selected to ignore, but it is then followed by
>the ORA-01031-insufficient privileges error. Moreover, I have performed
>this operation succesfully on another machine. Any suggestions would be
>welcomed. What could I be missing?


Usually one creates the database prior to setting up the listener.
The errors you are getting now, you are getting *because* the database
doesn't exist.

--
Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

On 20 Aug 2006 11:08:23 -0700, fmjohnson-at-gmail.com wrote:

>I've encountered an unusual problem creating a new database using
>Oracle 10g dbca. Whenever I attempt to create the first and only
>database using dbca, it reports TNS 12154, and ORA-01031 errors. I have
>been using several resources on the web to perform this procedure to
>include Dizwell and Puschitz's sites to ensure that I have the precise
>procedures, and have shared this problem with my company's Oracle DBA.
>I am also a pretty experienced system administator and oracle
>administrator, but have been unable to resolve this problem. I have a
>new installation of CentOS 4.3, on a Dell 4100 dimension with 512MB
>memory. I successfully installed only the oracle software, Oracle
>10.1.0.3. I then created the listener using netca, and then attempted
>to create the database using dbca. It immediately reported the
>TNS-12154 error, which I selected to ignore, but it is then followed by
>the ORA-01031-insufficient privileges error. Moreover, I have performed
>this operation succesfully on another machine. Any suggestions would be
>welcomed. What could I be missing?


Usually one creates the database prior to setting up the listener.
The errors you are getting now, you are getting *because* the database
doesn't exist.

--
Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

Sybrand Bakker wrote:
> On 20 Aug 2006 11:08:23 -0700, fmjohnson-at-gmail.com wrote:
>
> >I've encountered an unusual problem creating a new database using
> >Oracle 10g dbca. Whenever I attempt to create the first and only
> >database using dbca, it reports TNS 12154, and ORA-01031 errors. I have
> >been using several resources on the web to perform this procedure to
> >include Dizwell and Puschitz's sites to ensure that I have the precise
> >procedures, and have shared this problem with my company's Oracle DBA.
> >I am also a pretty experienced system administator and oracle
> >administrator, but have been unable to resolve this problem. I have a
> >new installation of CentOS 4.3, on a Dell 4100 dimension with 512MB
> >memory. I successfully installed only the oracle software, Oracle
> >10.1.0.3. I then created the listener using netca, and then attempted
> >to create the database using dbca. It immediately reported the
> >TNS-12154 error, which I selected to ignore, but it is then followed by
> >the ORA-01031-insufficient privileges error. Moreover, I have performed
> >this operation succesfully on another machine. Any suggestions would be
> >welcomed. What could I be missing?
>
>
> Usually one creates the database prior to setting up the listener.
> The errors you are getting now, you are getting *because* the database
> doesn't exist.
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

Okay, I took a stab a creating the Database without the listener and oracle
promptly reported the same issue, TNS-12154, followed by ORA-01031.
Thoughts?

Sybrand Bakker wrote:
> On 20 Aug 2006 11:08:23 -0700, fmjohnson-at-gmail.com wrote:
>
> >I've encountered an unusual problem creating a new database using
> >Oracle 10g dbca. Whenever I attempt to create the first and only
> >database using dbca, it reports TNS 12154, and ORA-01031 errors. I have
> >been using several resources on the web to perform this procedure to
> >include Dizwell and Puschitz's sites to ensure that I have the precise
> >procedures, and have shared this problem with my company's Oracle DBA.
> >I am also a pretty experienced system administator and oracle
> >administrator, but have been unable to resolve this problem. I have a
> >new installation of CentOS 4.3, on a Dell 4100 dimension with 512MB
> >memory. I successfully installed only the oracle software, Oracle
> >10.1.0.3. I then created the listener using netca, and then attempted
> >to create the database using dbca. It immediately reported the
> >TNS-12154 error, which I selected to ignore, but it is then followed by
> >the ORA-01031-insufficient privileges error. Moreover, I have performed
> >this operation succesfully on another machine. Any suggestions would be
> >welcomed. What could I be missing?
>
>
> Usually one creates the database prior to setting up the listener.
> The errors you are getting now, you are getting *because* the database
> doesn't exist.
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

Okay, I took a stab a creating the Database without the listener and oracle
promptly reported the same issue, TNS-12154, followed by ORA-01031.
Thoughts?

Sybrand Bakker wrote:
> On 20 Aug 2006 11:08:23 -0700, fmjohnson-at-gmail.com wrote:
>
> >I've encountered an unusual problem creating a new database using
> >Oracle 10g dbca. Whenever I attempt to create the first and only
> >database using dbca, it reports TNS 12154, and ORA-01031 errors. I have
> >been using several resources on the web to perform this procedure to
> >include Dizwell and Puschitz's sites to ensure that I have the precise
> >procedures, and have shared this problem with my company's Oracle DBA.
> >I am also a pretty experienced system administator and oracle
> >administrator, but have been unable to resolve this problem. I have a
> >new installation of CentOS 4.3, on a Dell 4100 dimension with 512MB
> >memory. I successfully installed only the oracle software, Oracle
> >10.1.0.3. I then created the listener using netca, and then attempted
> >to create the database using dbca. It immediately reported the
> >TNS-12154 error, which I selected to ignore, but it is then followed by
> >the ORA-01031-insufficient privileges error. Moreover, I have performed
> >this operation succesfully on another machine. Any suggestions would be
> >welcomed. What could I be missing?
>
>
> Usually one creates the database prior to setting up the listener.
> The errors you are getting now, you are getting *because* the database
> doesn't exist.
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

Okay, I took a stab a creating the Database without the listener and oracle
promptly reported the same issue, TNS-12154, followed by ORA-01031.
Thoughts?

fmjohnson-at-gmail.com wrote:
> Sybrand Bakker wrote:
>> On 20 Aug 2006 11:08:23 -0700, fmjohnson-at-gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I've encountered an unusual problem creating a new database using
>>> Oracle 10g dbca. Whenever I attempt to create the first and only
>>> database using dbca, it reports TNS 12154, and ORA-01031 errors. I have
>>> been using several resources on the web to perform this procedure to
>>> include Dizwell and Puschitz's sites to ensure that I have the precise
>>> procedures, and have shared this problem with my company's Oracle DBA.
>>> I am also a pretty experienced system administator and oracle
>>> administrator, but have been unable to resolve this problem. I have a
>>> new installation of CentOS 4.3, on a Dell 4100 dimension with 512MB
>>> memory. I successfully installed only the oracle software, Oracle
>>> 10.1.0.3. I then created the listener using netca, and then attempted
>>> to create the database using dbca. It immediately reported the
>>> TNS-12154 error, which I selected to ignore, but it is then followed by
>>> the ORA-01031-insufficient privileges error. Moreover, I have performed
>>> this operation succesfully on another machine. Any suggestions would be
>>> welcomed. What could I be missing?
>>
>> Usually one creates the database prior to setting up the listener.
>> The errors you are getting now, you are getting *because* the database
>> doesn't exist.
>>
>> --
>> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
>
> Okay, I took a stab a creating the Database without the listener and oracle
> promptly reported the same issue, TNS-12154, followed by ORA-01031.
> Thoughts?

Then lets get down to basics.

What operating system and have you verified kernel parameters if not
Windows?

What is the value of the ORACLE_SID environment variable?

What is the value of the ORACLE_HOME environment variable?

What exact version of the database to at least 4 decimal points.

Can you ping the server?

Can you use TNSPING successfully?

Post your listener.ora, sqlnet.ora, tnsnames.ora
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan-at-x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org

fmjohnson-at-gmail.com wrote:
> Sybrand Bakker wrote:
>> On 20 Aug 2006 11:08:23 -0700, fmjohnson-at-gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I've encountered an unusual problem creating a new database using
>>> Oracle 10g dbca. Whenever I attempt to create the first and only
>>> database using dbca, it reports TNS 12154, and ORA-01031 errors. I have
>>> been using several resources on the web to perform this procedure to
>>> include Dizwell and Puschitz's sites to ensure that I have the precise
>>> procedures, and have shared this problem with my company's Oracle DBA.
>>> I am also a pretty experienced system administator and oracle
>>> administrator, but have been unable to resolve this problem. I have a
>>> new installation of CentOS 4.3, on a Dell 4100 dimension with 512MB
>>> memory. I successfully installed only the oracle software, Oracle
>>> 10.1.0.3. I then created the listener using netca, and then attempted
>>> to create the database using dbca. It immediately reported the
>>> TNS-12154 error, which I selected to ignore, but it is then followed by
>>> the ORA-01031-insufficient privileges error. Moreover, I have performed
>>> this operation succesfully on another machine. Any suggestions would be
>>> welcomed. What could I be missing?
>>
>> Usually one creates the database prior to setting up the listener.
>> The errors you are getting now, you are getting *because* the database
>> doesn't exist.
>>
>> --
>> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
>
> Okay, I took a stab a creating the Database without the listener and oracle
> promptly reported the same issue, TNS-12154, followed by ORA-01031.
> Thoughts?

Then lets get down to basics.

What operating system and have you verified kernel parameters if not
Windows?

What is the value of the ORACLE_SID environment variable?

What is the value of the ORACLE_HOME environment variable?

What exact version of the database to at least 4 decimal points.

Can you ping the server?

Can you use TNSPING successfully?

Post your listener.ora, sqlnet.ora, tnsnames.ora
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan-at-x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org

fmjohnson-at-gmail.com wrote:
> Sybrand Bakker wrote:
>> On 20 Aug 2006 11:08:23 -0700, fmjohnson-at-gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I've encountered an unusual problem creating a new database using
>>> Oracle 10g dbca. Whenever I attempt to create the first and only
>>> database using dbca, it reports TNS 12154, and ORA-01031 errors. I have
>>> been using several resources on the web to perform this procedure to
>>> include Dizwell and Puschitz's sites to ensure that I have the precise
>>> procedures, and have shared this problem with my company's Oracle DBA.
>>> I am also a pretty experienced system administator and oracle
>>> administrator, but have been unable to resolve this problem. I have a
>>> new installation of CentOS 4.3, on a Dell 4100 dimension with 512MB
>>> memory. I successfully installed only the oracle software, Oracle
>>> 10.1.0.3. I then created the listener using netca, and then attempted
>>> to create the database using dbca. It immediately reported the
>>> TNS-12154 error, which I selected to ignore, but it is then followed by
>>> the ORA-01031-insufficient privileges error. Moreover, I have performed
>>> this operation succesfully on another machine. Any suggestions would be
>>> welcomed. What could I be missing?
>>
>> Usually one creates the database prior to setting up the listener.
>> The errors you are getting now, you are getting *because* the database
>> doesn't exist.
>>
>> --
>> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
>
> Okay, I took a stab a creating the Database without the listener and oracle
> promptly reported the same issue, TNS-12154, followed by ORA-01031.
> Thoughts?

Then lets get down to basics.

What operating system and have you verified kernel parameters if not
Windows?

What is the value of the ORACLE_SID environment variable?

What is the value of the ORACLE_HOME environment variable?

What exact version of the database to at least 4 decimal points.

Can you ping the server?

Can you use TNSPING successfully?

Post your listener.ora, sqlnet.ora, tnsnames.ora
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan-at-x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org