Activating the Listener service for Oracle
You must start the Oracle listener service so incoming client connection requests are received and sent to the database server.
About this task
There are two possibilities for activating the Listener service for Oracle. Either a general listener is available and you then select this one, or you need to create a specific listener for your database and then you activate that one. Here is the procedure for creating a new listener and activating it.
Procedure
- Start the Net Configuration Assistant. This Assistant is provided by Oracle.
- Select the "Listener Configuration" radio button on the opening window, then click "Next".
- Select the "Add" radio button on the following window, then click "Next".
- Type in a name for the new listener, then click "Next".
- Choose "TCP" as selected protocol in the list, then click "Next".
- Select the " Use the standard port of 1521" radio button on the following window, then click "Next". You may specify another port instead if you know what you're doing.
- Complete the creation process by clicking "Next" again.