How to connect to PDB in Oracle 12c - database-connection

Question

I'm running a fresh installation of Oracle 12c on Solaris 10 and I can connect to the CDB using toad just fine, please tell me how can I now connect to the PDB database named PDBORCL as mentioned in the guide: https://oracle-base.com/articles/12c/multitenant-connecting-to-cdb-and-pdb-12cr1
Following are the contents of my tnsnames.ora file:
# tnsnames.ora Network Configuration File: /bkofa/oracle/app/oracle
/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/tnsnames.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
ORCL12 =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = afxortsts)(PORT = 1523))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = orcl12)
)
)
pdbORCL =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = afxortsts)(PORT = 1523))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = pdborcl)
)
)
Here are the contents of my listener.ora file:
# listener.ora Network Configuration File: /bkofa/oracle/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/listener.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = afxortsts)(PORT = 1523))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1521))
)
)
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(GLOBAL_DBNAME = orcl12)
(SID_NAME = orcl12)
)
(SID_DESC =
(GLOBAL_DBNAME = pdborcl)
(SID_NAME = pdborcl)
)
)
These are the containers by the way:
SELECT name, pdb
FROM v$services
ORDER BY name;
NAME PDB
SYS$BACKGROUND CDB$ROOT
SYS$USERS CDB$ROOT
orcl12 CDB$ROOT
orcl12XDB CDB$ROOT
pdborcl PDBORCL
Still when I try to connect to PDB using any combination of commands this is what I get:
bash-3.2$ lsnrctl status
LSNRCTL for Solaris: Version 12.1.0.2.0 - Production on 13-APR-2016 15:42:28
Copyright (c) 1991, 2014, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=afxortsts)(PORT=1523)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
------------------------
Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for Solaris: Version 12.1.0.2.0 - Production
Start Date 12-APR-2016 13:56:56
Uptime 1 days 1 hr. 45 min. 36 sec
Trace Level off
Security ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP OFF
Listener Parameter File /bkofa/oracle/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/listener.ora
Listener Log File /bkofa/oracle/app/oracle/diag/tnslsnr/afxortsts/listener/alert/log.xml
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=afxortsts)(PORT=1523)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=EXTPROC1521)))
Services Summary...
Service "orcl12" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "orcl12", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "pdborcl" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "pdborcl", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully
bash-3.2$ sqlplus '/ as sysdba'
SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Wed Apr 13 15:42:44 2016
Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options
SQL> connect sys/oracle123#172.16.1.118:1523/pdborcl as sysdba
ERROR:
ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
Warning: You are no longer connected to ORACLE.
SQL> connect sys#pdborcl
Enter password:
ERROR:
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
SVR4 Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 2581
Additional information: -2057892281
Process ID: 0
Session ID: 0 Serial number: 0
SQL> connect sys#172.16.1.118:1523/pdborcl as sysdba
ERROR:
ORA-12504: TNS:listener was not given the SERVICE_NAME in CONNECT_DATA
SQL>
Oh I should make this clear that I'm using port 1523 because there is another instance of older Oracle 10g already running on the system that uses this port so I wanted to avoid any conflict with that.

Answer 1

You should not declare the services in the SID_LIST_LISTENER. Especially the pdborcl which is not an instance but a service within the instance. So remove this part:
(SID_DESC =
(GLOBAL_DBNAME = pdborcl)
(SID_NAME = pdborcl)
)
The instance should register itself to the listener. If not done, you should, when connected to the CDB:
alter system set local_listener='(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=afxortsts)(PORT=1523))) ';
alter system register;

Answer 2

Below my config which works:
listener.ora:
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = hostname)(PORT = 1525))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1525))
)
)
tnsnames.ora:
LISTENER_CATCDB =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = hostname)(PORT = 1526))
# CDB
CATCDB =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = hostname)(PORT = 1526))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = catcdb)
)
)
# PDB
CATDB =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = hostname)(PORT = 1526))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = catdb)
)
)