Hi Peter,
Please check the following in the vxmon utility on the Oracle server:
1. For the local instance name, it is case sensitive, so make sure you are adding it in there correctly. Double check in Oracle to make sure there are no capitalizations you are missing.
2. For the username and password, try using the sys account instead of system or anything else. If we determine sys works, then we can come back and add in something different.
3. Uncheck Use Recovery Catalog for now.
4. Use the IP address for the media server name just in case any DNS issues are residing. We can always come back and change if necessary. Double check to make sure the media server can ping the Oracle server by IP and vice versa.
5. Once done, recycle the remote agent service on the Oracle server, and all the Backup Exec services on the media server.
6. If you don't see the Oracle instance on that remote server, where exactly are you looking? If you are looking under the Favorites node, try under Domains\Active Directory Domains, and Domains\Microsoft Windows Network.
Please let me know how this goes, and please be detailed about where exactly you're seeing or not seeing the instance. Screenshots wouldhelp as well.
Thanks.