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48 Deployment Guide
NETCA NETCA cannot
configure remote
nodes or a raw
device validation
error occurs while
running DBCA.
The /etc/hosts.equiv file
either does not exist or does
not include the assigned
public or virtual IP addresses.
Verify that the /etc/hosts.equiv file on each node
contains the correct public and virtual IP address.
Try to rsh to other public names and VIP addresses
as oracle user.
CRS CRS fails to start
when you reboot
the nodes or type
/etc/ini.d/in
it.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
/opt/oracle/product/10.1.0/crs_1/ .
• 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
/opt/oracle/product/10.1.0/crs_1/ 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 /opt/oracle/product/10.1.0/crs_1/.
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 bs=8192 count=
12800
dd if=/dev/zero of=
/dev/raw/votingdisk bs=8192
count=2560
2 Attempt to start the service again by rebooting
the node or by running
root.sh from
/opt/oracle/product/10.1.0/crs_1/
Table 1-8. Troubleshooting (continued)
Category Problem / Symptom Cause Recommended Corrective Action