srvctl start listener

Starts the default listener on the specified node_name, or starts the specified listener on all nodes that are registered with Oracle Clusterware or on the given node.

Syntax and Parameters

Use the srvctl start listener command with the following syntax:

srvctl start listener [-node node_name] [-listener listener_name]

Table A-158 srvctl start listener Parameters

Parameter Description

Parameter	Description
-node node_name	Specify a particular node name to start the listener on that node. Note: This parameter can be used only with Oracle Clusterware.
-listener listener_name	Specify a particular listener name. Use the `srvctl config listener` command to obtain the name of a listener. If you do not specify this parameter, then the listener name defaults to `LISTENER` for a database listener; `LISTENER_ASM` for an Oracle ASM listener; or `LISTENER_LEAF` for a Leaf Node listener.

-node node_name

Specify a particular node name to start the listener on that node.

Note: This parameter can be used only with Oracle Clusterware.

-listener listener_name

Specify a particular listener name. Use the srvctl config listener command to obtain the name of a listener.

If you do not specify this parameter, then the listener name defaults to LISTENER for a database listener; LISTENER_ASM for an Oracle ASM listener; or LISTENER_LEAF for a Leaf Node listener.

Example

An example of this command is:

$ srvctl start listener -listener LISTENER_LEAF