Oracle DBA, How To, Error, Cause and Action

ORA-06420: NETCMN: SID lookup failure

ORA-06420: NETCMN: SID lookup failure




Cause: From the remote host's server: the database SID, specified in the login (connect) string, was not recognized.




Action: Add the appropriate SID entry to the CONFIG.ORA or oratab file on the remote host (restarting the remote server may be needed).