ORA-12154 when connecting to Oracle from NetBackup

[mewa]

Hello guys,
I'm in trouble while connecting to Oracle db during first steps of Veritas NetBackup installation. I'm not sure if Net8 is configured correctly as I get ORA-12154. NetBackup complains about TNS solving ALASID name (it gathered ALASID from somewhere and I have no possibility to enter the tns service name during login to database - I'm asked for username and password only)...

In pfile I have:
db_name = ALADB
instance_name = ALASID
service_names = ALADB

Is this correct to use SID instead of service_name in tnsnames.ora in Oracle 8.1.7?

The entry in tnsnames.ora is as follows:
ALATNS.fin.pc =
(DESCRIPTION=
(ADDRESS=
(PROTOCOL=TCP)
(Host=15.188.2.106)
(Port=1521)
)
)
(CONNECT_DATA=
(SID=ALASID)
)
)
Thanks for any suggestions.
Regards,
mewa

 

[sem]

You may have as many tns aliases in tnsnames.ora file pointing to the same database as you need. Try to add an extra entry with the name ALASID and the same content.

Regards, Dima