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ASMCMD does not work from Database Home (Doc ID 1665639.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.3 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

While running the asmcmd from database home, getting below errors

[ 99] ===>> DPOracle::AsmcmdRun {
[ 30] ASMCMD command : <ORACLE_HOME>/bin/asmcmd rm -f +<DGNAME>/<DBNAME>/controlfile/ctrl_<DBNAME>_2056.dbf
[ 30] ASMCMD output:
[ 30] ASMCMD error: Connected to an idle instance.
sh: <ORACLE_HOME>/bin/clsecho: No such file or directory
Can't exec "<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/clsecho": No such file or directory at <ORACLE_HOME>/lib/asmcmdshare.pm line 493.
Use of uninitialized value $buf in string ne at <ORACLE_HOME>/lib/asmcmdshare.pm line 497.

 

Cause

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