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CAN THE HOSTNAME AND IP ADDRESS FOR THE DATABASE TIER BE CHANGED? (Doc ID 578169.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 04, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.8 to 11.1.0.6 [Release 9.2 to 11.1]
Oracle Net Services - Version 9.2.0.8.0 to 11.1.0.6.0 [Release 9.2 to 11.1]
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database 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.
Non-RAC Database environment running on Windows and Linux/Unix





Symptoms

Customer wants to if/how to change the Hostname and IP address for the database tier

Changes

For the database, you need to look at the tnsnames.ora, listener.ora and sqlnet.ora files, and make changes as needed (IP, Hostname, etc.). Other than that, nothing else is be needed for the database.

Cause

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