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Deployment Guide 53
CRS CRS fails to start
when you reboot the
nodes, or type
/etc/ini.d/ini
t.crs start.
The Cluster Ready
Services CSS
daemon cannot write
to the quorum disk.
• Attempt to start the service again by rebooting the
node or typing
root.sh from
/crs/oracle/product/10.2.0/crs/ .
• Verify that each node has access to the quorum disk
and the
root user can write to the disk.
• Check the last line in the file
$ORA_CRS_HOME/css/log/ocssd.log .
• If you see
clssnmvWriteBlocks: Failed to
flush writes to (votingdisk)
, verify the
following:
–The
/etc/hosts file on each node contains correct
IP addresses for all node hostnames, including the
virtual IP addresses.
– You can ping the public and private hostnames.
– The quorum disk is writable.
CRS When you run
root.sh, CRS fails to
start.
Check and make sure
you have public and
private node names
defined and that you
can ping the node
names.
Attempt to start the service again by rebooting the node
or by running root.sh from
/crs/oracle/product/10.2.0/crs/ after correcting the
networking issues.
CRS When you run
root.sh, CRS fails to
start.
The OCR file and
Voting disk are
inaccessible.
Correct the I/O problem and attempt to start the
service again by rebooting the node or by running
root.sh from /crs/oracle/product/10.2.0/crs/.
CRS When you run
root.sh following
reinstallation, CRS
fails to start.
The OCR file and
Voting disk have not
been cleared and
contain old
information.
1 Clear the OCR and Voting disks by typing the
following lines:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/raw/ocr.dbf
dd if=/dev/zero of=
/dev/raw/votingdisk
2 Attempt to start the service again by rebooting the
node or by running
root.sh from
/crs/oracle/product/10.2.0/crs/
CRS When you run
root.sh, CRS fails to
start.
The oracle user does
not have permissions
on /var/tmp
(specifically
/var/tmp/.oracle).
1 Make oracle user the owner of /var/tmp/.oracle by
typing
chown oracle.oinstall
/var/tmp/.oracle
2 Attempt to start the service again by rebooting the
node or by running
root.sh from:
/crs/oracle/product/10.2.0/crs/
Table 1-9. Troubleshooting (continued)
Category Problem / Symptom Cause Recommended Corrective Action