Applies to:
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Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 8.1.7.0 to 11.1.0.7 [Release 8.1.7 to 11.1]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Symptoms:
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Connection to RMAN fails with following errors :
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00554: initialization of internal recovery manager package failed
RMAN-04004: error from recovery catalog database: ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified
Cause:
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Problem could be due to wrong directory pointed in TNS_ADMIN variable.
Variable could be set in windows registry or as an OS environment variable.
If both are set, environment variable will take precedence over registry setting.
Solution:
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Check that the TNS_ADMIN variable is pointing to the correct and existing directory for Oracle Net Services configuration files.
References:
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Oracle [Doc ID 729817.1]
