Oracle Message ORA-06034 - NETDNT: connect failed, partner exited unexpectedly

ERRORNETDNT: connect failed, partner exited unexpectedly
CAUSEConnection with host node was made but partner aborted
ACTIONMake sure object (see 06031, above) is working (for VMS run the command file and make sure that the ORACLE server process starts up); sometimes happens when the network/node is under stress - in this case a retry often works.