How to fix the Oracle error PRVF-05636: The DNS response time for an unreachable node exceeded “{0}” ms on following nodes: {1}?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorPRVF-05636: The DNS response time for an unreachable node exceeded “{0}” ms on following nodes: {1} with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

PRVF-05636: The DNS response time for an unreachable node exceeded “{0}” ms on following nodes: {1}

Reason for the Error PRVF-05636: The DNS response time for an unreachable node exceeded “{0}” ms on following nodes: {1}

Cause: The DNS response time for an unreachable node exceeded the value specified on nodes specified.

How to fix the Error PRVF-05636: The DNS response time for an unreachable node exceeded “{0}” ms on following nodes: {1} ?

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

Action: Make sure that ‘options timeout’, ‘options attempts’ and ‘nameserver’ entries in file resolv.conf are proper. On HPUX these entries will be ‘retrans’, ‘retry’ and ‘nameserver’. On Solaris these will be ‘options retrans’, ‘options retry’ and ‘nameserver’. Make sure that the DNS server responds back to name lookup request within the specified time when looking up an unknown host name.