Workaround for error ERROR: OCI Error DPI (status = 7-DPI-007: invalid OCI handle or descriptor) when starting Golden Gate replicate process

When trying to login to the golden gate cli interface, I got the following error:

GGSCI (myserver1.oric.no) 7> dblogin useridalias mydb  domain admin
ERROR: OCI Error DPI (status = 7-DPI-007: invalid OCI handle or descriptor).

Cause:

Incorrectly specified network configuration:
sqlnet.ora

names.default_domain = world

tnsnames.ora

mydb =
  (DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = myserver1.oric.no)(PORT = 1521))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVER = DEDICATED)
      (SERVICE_NAME = mydb)
    )
  )

To correct the error, you need to do either of the following:

1. remove the names.default_domain from sqlnet.ora

or

2. add an alias to your tnsnames.ora file

mydb.world =
  (DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = myserver1.oric.no)(PORT = 1521))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVER = DEDICATED)
      (SERVICE_NAME = mydb)
    )
  )