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'ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified' Running Setup.sh When Other Apps Already Installed (Doc ID 2583828.1)

Last updated on JUNE 06, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Financial Services Asset Liability Management - Version 8.0.7 and later
Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management - Version 8.0.7 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications (OFSAA)
Oracle Financial Services Asset Liability Management (ALM)
Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management (PFT)

Symptoms

When trying to install ALM 8.0.7 after installing PFT 8.0.7 successfully, when running the setup.sh with the SILENT option, you get the following error:

$ ./setup.sh SILENT
./setup.sh[102]: [: ORA-12154:: unknown operator
ERROR: ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified SP2-0306: Invalid option0 Usage: CONN[ECT] [{logon|/|proxy} [AS {SYSDBA|SYSOPER|SYSASM|SYSBACKUP|SYSDG|SYSKM}] [edition=value]] where ::= [/][@<connect_identifier>] ::= [][/][@<connect_identifier>] SP2-0306: Invalid option0 Usage: CONN[ECT] [{logon|/|proxy} [AS {SYSDBA|SYSOPER|SYSASM|SYSBACKUP|SYSDG|SYSKM}] [edition=value]] where ::= [/][@<connect_identifier>] ::= [][/][@<connect_identifier>] SP2-0157: unable to CONNECT to ORACLE after 3 attempts, exiting SQL*Plus
800070000
./setup.sh[142]: [: ORA-12154:: unknown operator
Environment check utility started...
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Java Validation Started ...
Java found in : /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_201-amd64/bin
JCE IS true
JAVA Version found : 1.8.0_201
JAVA Bit Version found : 64-bit
Java Validation Completed. Status : SUCCESS
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Total file descriptors : 15000. Status : SUCCESS
Total number of process : 15000. Status : SUCCESS
OS version : 6. Status : SUCCESS
OS specific Validation Completed. Status : SUCCESS
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DB specific Validation Started ...
ERROR -> ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified
DB specific Validation Completed. Status : FAIL
=============================================================
Environment check utility Status : FAIL

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