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Moving ASM spfile to a shared device in RAC (Doc ID 973031.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 09, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.1.0.5 to 11.2.0.0 [Release 10.1 to 11.2]
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.

Goal

If using pfile, it must be a filesystem file on local filesystem.
If using spfile, then it can be in the following locations.
-- a filesystem file spfile on local filesystem
-- spfile on shared device
-- a ASM file in a ASM diskgroup (only for spfile for instances after 11.2)

Trying to put ASM spfile on a shared device.


Solution

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