To set up Direct Connect for Oracle.
Install DirectConnect for Oracle. For installation information, refer to the Enterprise Connect Data Access installation guides.
Configure DirectConnect for Oracle. For configuration, refer to the Enterprise Connect Data Access Option for Oracle Server Administration and User’s Guide.
Verify that the TNS Listener Service is running.
Mirror Activator for Oracle connects to the standby database through DirectConnect for Oracle:
If you have already installed DCO, you may configure a new instance by running DCOConfig, located in the DCO-12_6/install directory. This script will prompt you for all the information from Section 6 of the Installation and Setup worksheet.
If you have not installed the DCO software, you may configure the server as part of the installation process, filling in the appropriate information from Section 6 of the Installation and Setup worksheet. You may also run DCOConfig after the installation is complete to configure a new instance.
DirectConnect for Oracle configuration will fail if:
tnsnames.ora file has incorrect Oracle RDBMS information
Oracle user ID or password is not correct
Oracle connect string is invalid
DCO server did not start
For more information, refer to the Enterprise Connect Data Access Option for Oracle Server Administration and User’s Guide.
The Oracle standby server must be running the Transparent
Network Substrate (TNS) Listener Service to allow DirectConnect
for Oracle to connect to the standby server. For more information
regarding TNS, see the Oracle networking document.
