How to fix the Oracle error PRVF-05217: An error occurred while trying to look up IP address for “{0}”?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorPRVF-05217: An error occurred while trying to look up IP address for “{0}” with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

PRVF-05217: An error occurred while trying to look up IP address for “{0}”

Reason for the Error PRVF-05217: An error occurred while trying to look up IP address for “{0}”

Cause: An error occurred while trying to translate the fully domain qualified name (FDQN), listed in the message, to IP addresses.

How to fix the Error PRVF-05217: An error occurred while trying to look up IP address for “{0}” ?

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

Action: These IP address requests should have been forwarded to GNS by the Domain Name Server (DNS). Check the configuration of GNS resource using ‘srvctl config gns’ command. If GNS is configured correctly make sure that the network administrator has provided a set of IP addresses for the subdomain of the cluster and DNS is forwarding requests for these to the GNS.