Grid Infrastructure Installation root.sh Failed with "Failed to start CTSS" (Doc ID 1277307.1)

Last updated on JUNE 01, 2011

Applies to:

Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition - Version: 11.2.0.1 and later   [Release: 11.2 and later ]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

New installation of 11.2.0.1 Grid Infrastructure on a 4 node cluster using OUI, root.sh succeeds on nodes 1 and 2, but fails on nodes 3 and 4 with the following messages:
rootcrs_node03.log:
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2010-12-17 10:22:12: Starting CSS in clustered mode
2010-12-17 10:22:41: CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'node03'
2010-12-17 10:22:41: CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'node03' succeeded
2010-12-17 10:22:41: CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.cssd' on 'node03'
2010-12-17 10:22:41: CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.diskmon' on 'node03'
2010-12-17 10:22:41: CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.diskmon' on 'node03' succeeded
2010-12-17 10:22:41: CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.cssd' on 'node03' succeeded
2010-12-17 10:32:47: Command return code of 1 (256) from command: /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/crsctl start resource ora.ctssd -init -env USR_ORA_ENV=CTSS_REBOOT=TRUE
2010-12-17 10:32:47: Start of resource "ora.ctssd -init -env USR_ORA_ENV=CTSS_REBOOT=TRUE" failed
2010-12-17 10:32:47: Failed to start CTSS
2010-12-17 10:32:47: Failed to start Oracle Clusterware stack


octssd.log from node03:
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2010-12-17 10:22:41.763: [ CTSS][1]clsu_get_private_ip_addresses: clsinet_GetNetData failed (). Return [7]
2010-12-17 10:22:41.764: [GIPCXCPT][1] gipcShutdownF: skipping shutdown, count 2, from [ clsinet.c : 1735], ret gipcretSuccess (0)
2010-12-17 10:22:41.765: [GIPCXCPT][1] gipcShutdownF: skipping shutdown, count 1, from [ clsgpnp0.c : 1021], ret gipcretSuccess (0)
[ CTSS][1](:ctss_init6:): Failed to call clsu_get_private_ip_addr [7]
2010-12-17 10:22:41.768: [ CTSS][1]ctss_main: CTSS init failed [15]
2010-12-17 10:22:41.768: [ CTSS][1]ctss_main: CTSS daemon aborting [15].
2010-12-17 10:22:41.768: [ CTSS][1]CTSS daemon aborting

Changes

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Cause

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