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Can Only Use sqlplus To Startup ASM But Not With svrctl Start ASM (Doc ID 811207.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 24, 2020

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Standard Edition - Version 10.2.0.4 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
This problem can occur on any platform.

Symptoms

ASM will not start when host gets rebooted.
can only use sqlplus to start +ASM instance, but not with "srvctl start".

The error shows it can't identify file '/dev/raw/raw3', which used to be the spfile.

show parameter spfile now points to
SQL> show parameter spfile;

NAME TYPE VALUE
------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------
spfile string /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0
/asm_1/dbs/spfile+ASM1.ora

Getting the following errors when starting ASM with srvctl.

xxxx.ASM1.asm:SQL> ORA-01565: error in identifying file '/dev/raw/raw3'
xxxx.ASM1.asm:ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
xxxx.ASM1.asm:Linux-x86_64 Error: 2: No such file or directory
xxxx.ASM1.asm:Additional information: 3
xxxx.ASM1.asm:
xxxx.ASM1.asm:ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
xxxx.ASM1.asm:SQL> Disconnected

Changes

Migrated ASM DG, OCR, vote disk and spfile from RAW to NFS. and NFS files are also managed by ASM now.


Cause

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