How to fix the Oracle error ORA-28592: agent control utility: agent SID not set?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-28592: agent control utility: agent SID not set with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-28592: agent control utility: agent SID not set

Reason for the Error ORA-28592: agent control utility: agent SID not set

The agent needs to know the value of the AGENT_SID parameter before it can process any commands. If it does not have a value for AGENT_SID then all commands will fail.

How to fix the Error ORA-28592: agent control utility: agent SID not set ?

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

Issue the command SET AGENT_SID and then retry the command that failed.