If you are using Oracle Names as a naming method, you can specify the name and address of preferred Oracle Names servers to take precedence over any other available Oracle Names server addresses. Net8 will route connect requests to each preferred Oracle Names Server until a response is received.
![]() | Note: This is an alternative to using the Discover Oracle Names Servers option, a newer feature that creates a list of Oracle Names servers based on
what is available throughout the network, and ranks them in the order of
fastest response time. Preferred Oracle Names servers override any other Oracle Names
servers found in the discovery process. Once you have initially discovered an
Oracle Names Server and generated an Oracle Names server list file, you may
want to delete preferred Oracle Names Servers.
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To specify a preferred Oracle Names server: