How to Start and Stop the Listener ?

Starting and Stopping the Listener

The Oracle listener is set to start automatically whenever the host is restarted.

Stop the listener with Database Control:

1. On the Database Home page, under General, click the Listener link.
The Listener page appears.

2. Click Stop.

3. Enter the host credentials, if you did not configure Preferred Credentials, then click Login.

4. On the Start/Stop Listener page, click OK to perform the specified action or Cancel to quit.


To start the listener with Database Control:

1. On the Database Home page, under the heading General, click the Listener link.
    The Listener page appears.

2.Click Start.

3.On the Start/Stop Listener page, click OK.

After a couple of minutes, a confirmation message appears, indicating that the listener has been started.



To start or stop the listener at the command line:

1.Open a command window.

2. Enter either of the following commands, depending on whether you want to start or stop the listener:

lsnrctl start (listener_name)
lsnrctl stop (listener_name)