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TNS-12514 Unable to Connect to RAC Database Using SCAN Name (Doc ID 1459768.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 10, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Configed 3 node RAC and all instances are up and running, user can not connect using SCAN name, get ORA-12514:

 
NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH is either not set in sqlnet.ora or set with EZCONNECT included.


Changes

 

Cause

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