DATABASE UPGRADE TO 12.1 WITH 12.2 ASM FAILS WITH ERROR "ORA-17503: KSFDOPN:2 FAILED TO OPEN FILE" (Doc ID 2574968.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 20, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

When upgrading database 11gR2 to 12.1.0.2 with 12.2 ASM, the database fails to start from the target home.

==From alert.log===

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Database is being upgraded to 12.1.0.2 with GI/ASM 12.2

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