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DBLink to RAC Database fails with ORA-02068: Following Severe Error From String String (%s%s) (Doc ID 2254409.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 20, 2025

Applies to:

Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Exadata Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.5 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When using a Database Link (DBLink) between one Database and a Database containing Clustered Databases (such as RAC) you may see errors similar to the following:

 This would not normally occur with DBLinks between single node (non-RAC) Databases.


Cause

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