Oracle 10gR2 Patch Set 3 - Clustering Service (CSS) failed to start

Question

Hi ,
we are using Solaris 10 containers. Oracle 10gR2 installation done with ASM in Non-global zone and it was successful, after applying patch set 3 CSS service unable to start and won't generate any error message.
OS : solaris 10
DB : Oracle 10gR2
any pointer will help us to resolve this issue.
Regards,
Sachin

Answer 1

Hi,
Cause
1) This is a LANG problem. So this can be confirmed by tracing the init.cssd script (executed by the init/inittab), as follow:
h1:3:respawn:/etc/init.d/init.cssd run >/var/log/init-cssd.run 2>&1 </var/log/init-cssd.run
2) /var/log/init-cssd.run log extract:
TZ=
+ export TZ
LANG=
+ export LANG
+ /bin/who -b
+ exit 0
BOOTID= . system boot srp 7 16:44
+ /bin/cat /var/opt/oracle/scls_scr/db4/root/cssrun
RUNID= . system boot Aug 7 16:44
+ [ . system boot srp 7 16:44 != . system boot Aug 7 16:
44 ]
+ [ . system boot Aug 7 16:44 = startstack ]
+ exit 3
STATUS=3
+ [ 3 != 0 ]
+ exit 3
+ [ 3 != 0 ]
+ /bin/sleep 30
Solution
1) Set the LANG environment variable in /etc/init.d/init.cssd script (in GETBOOTID section) to cs_CZ.ISO8859-2:
# Set a null language id. GETBOOTID can also be sensitive to the language
# codes, when init.cssd is run in a user shell compared to being run
# under init. Setting a blank language code should guarantee consistency.
LANG=cs_CZ.ISO8859-2
2) Then CSS will start.
$>crsctl check crs
CSS appears healthy
Cannot communicate with CRS
Cannot communicate with EVM
$>ps -fea | grep ocssd.bin | grep -vi grep
oracle 407 1 0 Aug 13 ? 3:50 /oracle2/V10g2/bin/ocssd.bin
Best regards,
Rafi.
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