RAC connection credential using sql developer
RAC database version 12.1.0.2
This is my very first time ever touching RAC and I have never work with RAC before.
I have created database using dbca with asm for this RAC. The global_dbname is PROD and it created PROD1 on node0 and PROD2 on node1.
I am trying to connect to this RAC db from sql developer.
I used the cluster VIP ip address as host name with the correct port and if I enter the global_dbname PROD, it would not connect and it will say ora-12505 TNS listener does not currently know of the SID. But if I tried to user PROD1, it connects with no issue. My question is why can it use the actual db name?