10g/11gR1 Database Instance Does not Start When Rebooting the Node or Restarting CRS Stack If ASM is Used (Doc ID 387217.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Applies to:

Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition - Version: 10.1.0.2 to 11.1.0.7 - Release: 10.1 to 11.1
This problem can occur on any platform.

Symptoms

When the server is rebooted, the database instance is not starting automatically by CRS, but the instance starts up fine when using srvctl or SQLPLUS after the node restart.

The following error can be found when checking the imon_<database_name>.log from $ORACLE_HOME/log/<node_name/racg location

 

SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production on Fri Dec 21 13:43:33 2007
Copyright (c) 1982, 2006, Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
Enter user-name: Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
ORA-01565: error in identifying file '+SISTEMA/pgt/spfilepgt.ora'
ORA-17503: ksfdopn:2 Failed to open file +SISTEMA/pgt/spfilepgt.ora
ORA-15077: could not locate ASM instance serving a required diskgroup
SQL> Disconnected

Cause

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