Error while running TNS utility on IBM AIX

[sums]

friends,

When I try running tnsping <database_name> on my ibm aix rs6000 box, I get the following error:

Attempting to contact(Address=(Protocol=TCP)(host=<hostname>)(Port=1521))
Message 3509 not found; No message file for product=NETWORK, facility=TNS

Can any one help? The database here is Oracle.

 

[dobbyn]

This is most likely an oracle client configuration issue rather than AIX...

- Make sure you can successfully ping the <hostname> above.

- Make sure your ORACLE_HOME and PATH environment variables is set correctly.

- Make sure your tnsnames.ora and sqlnet.ora entries is correct.