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Extproc process locking TCP port which prevents Listener start up (Doc ID 2348621.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 20, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Net Services - Version 12.1.0.2 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Exadata Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer - 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 21.16 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

The TNS Listener service was not starting up as another service / process (extproc) was not releasing the port 1521 at OS level.
However, the extproc address in the listener and tnsnames shows IPC is being used.

After killing the ExtProc processes from the task manager the listener was able to start.


Changes

 

Cause

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