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ORA-15018 While Creating ASM Diskgroup (Doc ID 1906458.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 30, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.4 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Error while trying to create a disk group

SQL> CREATE DISKGROUP OCEUQADATA EXTERNAL REDUNDANCY DISK '/dev/oracleasm/disks/OCEUQADATA01_57','/dev/oracleasm/disks/OCEUQADATA02_58';
CREATE DISKGROUP OCEUQADATA EXTERNAL REDUNDANCY DISK '/dev/oracleasm/disks/OCEUQADATA01_57','/dev/oracleasm/disks/OCEUQADATA02_58'
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-15018: diskgroup cannot be created
ORA-15068: maximum number of diskgroups 63 already mounted


Changes

Want to create a new disk group for new databases

Cause

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