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ORA-29257: Host <name> Unknown When Running Remote External Job (Doc ID 2328273.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 07, 2025

Applies to:

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

Symptoms

While trying to configure a remote external job, the job fails with ORA-29257. Lookup using UTL_INADDR works fine (see below).


 

Changes

 

Cause

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