TNS-01189 During Listener Monitoring Using Enterprise Manager (Doc ID 2009044.1)

Last updated on MARCH 31, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

1) Customer is also using IPV6 

The following error is returned when monitoring the listener:  TNS-01189: The listener could not authenticate the user

2) Below error in the listener.log

23-MAY-2016 00:25:51 * (CONNECT_DATA=(CID=(PROGRAM=)(HOST=)(USER=<username>))(COMMAND=status)(ARGUMENTS=64)(SERVICE=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=<SCAN_NAME>)(PORT=1521)))(VERSION=186647552)) * status * 1189          <<<<<<<scan name 
Line 768236: TNS-01189: The listener could not authenticate the user

Getting below error in the OEM 

Host=<host_name>
Target type=Listener
Target name=<LISTENER_SCAN_CRS>
Message=TNS-1189. Please check log for details.
Severity=Critical
Event reported time=May 23, 2016 12:59:54 AM CDT
Target Lifecycle Status=Production
Contact=<ADMIN>
Line of Business=DBA
Operating System=Windows
Platform=x64 (AMD or Intel)
Location=Primary
Associated Incident Id=35870
Associated Incident Status=New
Associated Incident Owner=
Associated Incident Acknowledged By Owner=No
Associated Incident Priority=None
Associated Incident Escalation Level=0
Event Type=Metric Alert
Event name=TNS_ERRORS:tnserrmsg
Total Occurrences=1182
Occurrences in this event=6
First Occurred in this event=May 23, 2016 12:00:51 AM CDT
Last Occurred in this event=May 23, 2016 12:25:51 AM CDT
Metric Group=TNS Errors
Metric=TNSMsg
Metric value=TNS-1189(status)
Key Value=TNS-1189
Key Column 1=TNSError
Rule Name=Prod_DEFAULT,Production Listener RuleSet
Rule Owner=DBA_ADMIN
Update Details:
TNS-1189. Please check log for details. <<<<<<<<<<<

Changes

This is a new installation

Cause

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