Article - CS48982

Cannot start server with error "ORA-12518, TNS:listener could not hand off client connection" in Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 09-Jun-2024   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 9.1 to 12.1

Description

  • Unable to connect to oracle database when installing Windchill 
  • Windchill does not start and displays following message is MethodServer logs:
Nested exception is: java.sql.SQLException: Listener refused the connection with the following error:ORA-12518, TNS:listener could not hand off client connection
 main:  at oracle.jdbc.driver.SQLStateMapping.newSQLException(SQLStateMapping.java:119)
 main:  at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.newSQLException(DatabaseError.java:134)
 main:  at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:247)
 main:  at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:694)
  • Oracle Service or Listener not responding to requests
  • The Queue stop working, and all the entries show Executing status
  • Windchill installation fails with loading database schema module. Error message in PTC\Windchill_12.0\Windchill\installer\logs\xxx_WindchillDDL.log and xx_ WindchillDDL_errors.log:
************  Starting to log at Wed Mar 03 22:54:04 CST 2021************
java.sql.SQLException: Listener refused the connection with the following error:
ORA-12518, TNS:listener could not hand off client connection
 
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.logon(T4CConnection.java:862)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.PhysicalConnection.connect(PhysicalConnection.java:793)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CDriverExtension.getConnection(T4CDriverExtension.java:57)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:747)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:562)
    at java.sql/java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:677)
    at java.sql/java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:228)
    at wt.pds.StandardDataSource$1.getConnection(StandardDataSource.java:115)
    at wt.pds.StandardDataSource$ConnectionRetry.execute(StandardDataSource.java:411)
    at wt.pds.StandardDataSource.getConnection(StandardDataSource.java:118)
    at wt.tools.sql.SQLCommandTool.getConnection(SQLCommandTool.java:216)
    at wt.tools.sql.SQLCommandTool.getConnection(SQLCommandTool.java:193)
    at wt.tools.sql.SQLCommandConfiguration.getConnection(SQLCommandConfiguration.java:324)
    at wt.tools.sql.SQLCommandTool.main(SQLCommandTool.java:103)
Caused by: oracle.net.ns.NetException: Listener refused the connection with the following error:
ORA-12518, TNS:listener could not hand off client connection
 
    at oracle.net.ns.NSProtocolNIO.negotiateConnection(NSProtocolNIO.java:284)
    at oracle.net.ns.NSProtocol.connect(NSProtocol.java:340)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.connect(T4CConnection.java:1604)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.logon(T4CConnection.java:595)
    ... 13 more
************ Ending log at Wed Mar 03 23:00:44 CST 2021************ 

 
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