Article - CS212465
Rehost Utility failed with "ORA-12505, TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor"
Modified: 30-Apr-2025
Applies To
- Windchill Rehosting Utility 11.1 to 12.1
Description
- Rehost failed to connect to Oracle Database
- Rehost Utility failed with following error:
BUILD FAILED
/opt/ptc/Exchange/RehostUtility/conf/rehost.xml:63: com.ptc.wc.rehost.exception.RehostException: Failed to validate db connection
Nested exception is: java.sql.SQLException: Listener refused the connection with the following error:
ORA-12505, TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.logon(T4CConnection.java:489)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.PhysicalConnection.<init>(PhysicalConnection.java:553)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.<init>(T4CConnection.java:254)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CDriverExtension.getConnection(T4CDriverExtension.java:32)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:528)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:571)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:215)
at com.ptc.wc.rehost.validate.DBConnectionValidator.validateOracle(DBConnectionValidator.java:274)
at com.ptc.wc.rehost.validate.DBConnectionValidator.validate(DBConnectionValidator.java:232)
at com.ptc.wc.rehost.validate.Validator.execute(Validator.java:35)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:291)
ERROR [DBConnectionValidator]: com.ptc.wc.rehost.exception.RehostException: java.sql.SQLException: Listener refused the connection with the following error:
ORA-12505, TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor
Nested exception is: java.sql.SQLException: Listener refused the connection with the following error:
ORA-12505, TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.logon(T4CConnection.java:673)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.PhysicalConnection.<init>(PhysicalConnection.java:715)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.<init>(T4CConnection.java:385)
/opt/ptc/Exchange/RehostUtility/conf/rehost.xml:63: com.ptc.wc.rehost.exception.RehostException: Failed to validate db connection
Nested exception is: java.sql.SQLException: Listener refused the connection with the following error:
ORA-12505, TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.logon(T4CConnection.java:489)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.PhysicalConnection.<init>(PhysicalConnection.java:553)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.<init>(T4CConnection.java:254)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CDriverExtension.getConnection(T4CDriverExtension.java:32)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:528)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:571)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:215)
at com.ptc.wc.rehost.validate.DBConnectionValidator.validateOracle(DBConnectionValidator.java:274)
at com.ptc.wc.rehost.validate.DBConnectionValidator.validate(DBConnectionValidator.java:232)
at com.ptc.wc.rehost.validate.Validator.execute(Validator.java:35)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:291)
ERROR [DBConnectionValidator]: com.ptc.wc.rehost.exception.RehostException: java.sql.SQLException: Listener refused the connection with the following error:
ORA-12505, TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor
Nested exception is: java.sql.SQLException: Listener refused the connection with the following error:
ORA-12505, TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.logon(T4CConnection.java:673)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.PhysicalConnection.<init>(PhysicalConnection.java:715)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.<init>(T4CConnection.java:385)
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