Oracle Solution for Error ora-06420

Solution for Oracle Error ORA-06420

ORA-06420: NETCMN: SID lookup failure

What triggered the Error:

From the remote host's server: the database SID, specified in the login (connect) string, was not recognized.

What should we do to fix it:

Add the appropriate SID entry to the CONFIG.ORA or oratab file on the remote host (restarting the remote server may be needed).