- Click Local Net Service Name configuration in the Welcome
page, then click Next. The Net
Service Name Configuration page appears.
- Click Add, then click Next. The Net
Service Name Configuration, Database Version page appears.
- If the destination service is Oracle8i, click Oracle8i
database or service, then click Next. If destination
service is Oracle8 or Oracle7, click Oracle8 release 8.0 or
Oracle7 database or service, then click Next.
Depending on your selection, the Net
Service Name Configuration, Service Name or Net
Service Name Configuration, Database SID page appears.
- Enter a destination service.
If the destination service is release 8.1, enter a service
name in the Service Name field, and click Next. If
destination service is prior to release 8.1, enter an Oracle
System Identifier in the Database SID field, and click Next.
The Net Service Name
Configuration, Select Protocols page appears.
- Select the protocols the listener is configured to listen on (these
protocols must also installed on the client), then click Next.
The page appropriate for the selected protocol appears.
- Enter the appropriate protocol parameters
for the chosen protocol in the fields provided, then click Next.
The Net Service Name
Configuration, Test page appears.
- If you want to verify that the net service will work with a
running database and listener, click Yes, perform a test, then
click Next. The Net
Service Name Configuration, Connecting page appears.
A successful test results in the following message:
The connection test was successful.
When the test completes, click Next.
If the database and listener are not running at this time, click
No, do not test, then click Next. The Net
Service Name Configuration, Net Service Name page appears.
- Accept the default net service name or enter another net service name
in the Net Service Name field. The name you enter should be
unique to the client. The Net
Service Name Configuration, Another Net Service Name? page appears.
- Click No if you do not want to configure any more net
service names, then Next. The Net
Service Name Configuration Done page appears. Or, click Yes
to configure another net service name, then click Next to
repeat steps 3-8.
- Click Next to acknowledge the Net service name
Configuration Complete! message.