1. Database Administrator's Reference
  2. Postinstallation Configuration Tasks on Windows
  3. Overview of Windows Firewall
  4. About Oracle Executables Requiring Windows Firewall Exceptions
  5. Overview of Different Executables Added to the Windows Firewall Exception List
  6. About Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Database

About Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Database

For a basic database operation and connectivity from remote clients (SQL*Plus, OCI, ODBC, OLE DB applications, and so on), add the following executables to the Windows Firewall exception list:

  • Oracle_home\bin\oracle.exe - Oracle Database executable

  • Oracle_home\bin\tnslsnr.exe - Oracle Listener

For remote monitoring capabilities to be available for a database running on Windows, the following executables must be added to the Windows Firewall exception list:

  • Oracle_home\bin\emagent.exe - Oracle Database Control

  • Oracle_home\jdk\bin\java.exe- Java Virtual Machine

Parent topic: Overview of Different Executables Added to the Windows Firewall Exception List