java.sql.SQLException: Socket read timed out With JDBC Connections from Enterprise Manager (EM) Host to Database Target Host (Doc ID 2096661.1)

Last updated on MARCH 14, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

Trying to establish a JDBC connection from Enterprise Manager (EM) host to database target host fails with error:

ERROR
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Socket read timed out


STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps with a standalone JDBC program:
1) Create the following java code to test the JDBC connection :

 
4) The following error is received:
Unable to get connection java.sql.SQLException: Socket read timed out

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Cause

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