How to fix the Oracle error INS-42021: Multibyte characters in SCAN Name?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorINS-42021: Multibyte characters in SCAN Name with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

INS-42021: Multibyte characters in SCAN Name

Reason for the Error INS-42021: Multibyte characters in SCAN Name

Cause: In Typical install SCAN Name is also used as Cluster Name. The SCAN name contains multibyte characters which are invalid for Cluster Name.

How to fix the Error INS-42021: Multibyte characters in SCAN Name ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Action: Ensure that SCAN Name contains valid characters for Cluster Name. Valid characters for Cluster Name can be lower and uppercase alphanumeric characters (a – z, A – Z, 0 – 9), and hyphen (-).