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ASMFD not started after node reboot as /etc/rcn.d/S-afd was not created on OS level (Doc ID 2115515.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 to 12.1.0.2 [Release 12.1]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud 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
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

12.1.0.2 AFD was configured properly but after reboot it's not coming up:

1. Stop GI:

# <Grid home>/bin/crsctl stop crs
....
CRS-4133: Oracle High Availability Services has been stopped.

2. Load AFD:

#<Grid home>/bin/asmcmd afd_configure
Connected to an idle instance.
AFD-627: AFD distribution files found.
AFD-632: Existing AFD installation detected.
AFD-634: Removing previous AFD installation.
AFD-635: Previous AFD components successfully removed.
AFD-636: Installing requested AFD software.
AFD-637: Loading installed AFD drivers.
AFD-9321: Creating udev for AFD.
AFD-9323: Creating module dependencies - this may take some time.
AFD-9154: Loading 'oracleafd.ko' driver.
AFD-649: Verifying AFD devices.
AFD-9156: Detecting control device '/dev/oracleafd/admin'.
AFD-638: AFD installation correctness verified.

3. Enable Filter driver

# <Grid home>/bin/asmcmd afd_filter -e
Connected to an idle instance.

# <Grid home>/bin/asmcmd afd_state
Connected to an idle instance.
ASMCMD-9526: The AFD state is 'LOADED' and filtering is 'ENABLED' on host 'racnode1'

4. Start GI

# <Grid home>/bin/crsctl start crs
CRS-4123: Oracle High Availability Services has been started.

5. AFD didn't start after reboot:

# <Grid home>/bin/crsctl stat res -t -init
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Target State Server State details

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cluster Resources
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ora.asm
1 ONLINE OFFLINE STABLE
ora.cluster_interconnect.haip
1 ONLINE OFFLINE STABLE
ora.crf
1 ONLINE OFFLINE STABLE
ora.crsd
1 ONLINE OFFLINE STABLE
ora.cssd
1 ONLINE OFFLINE STABLE
ora.cssdmonitor
1 ONLINE OFFLINE STABLE
ora.ctssd
1 ONLINE OFFLINE STABLE
ora.diskmon
1 ONLINE OFFLINE STABLE
ora.driver.afd
1 ONLINE OFFLINE STABLE
ora.drivers.acfs
1 ONLINE ONLINE racnode1 STABLE
ora.evmd
1 ONLINE INTERMEDIATE racnode1 STABLE
ora.gipcd
1 ONLINE ONLINE racnode1 STABLE
ora.gpnpd
1 ONLINE ONLINE racnode1 STABLE
ora.mdnsd
1 ONLINE ONLINE racnode1 STABLE
ora.storage
1 ONLINE OFFLINE STABLE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

 

Changes

Applied 12.1.0.2 Jan 2016 PSU which includes fix for bug 19326908 

Cause

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