Createdisk Fails

[root@rac1 etc]# /sbin/sfdisk -s
/dev/sda: 20971520
/dev/sdb: 524288
/dev/sdc: 3145728
/dev/sdd: 3145728
/dev/sde: 2097152
[root@rac1 etc]#
[root@rac1 etc]# /etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk VOL1 /dev/sdc1
Marking disk "/dev/sdc1" as an ASM disk: Error opening manager: No such device or address
[FAILED]
[root@rac1 etc]#

user551201 wrote:
[root@rac1 etc]# /sbin/sfdisk -s
/dev/sda: 20971520
/dev/sdb: 524288
/dev/sdc: 3145728
/dev/sdd: 3145728
/dev/sde: 2097152i dont see /dev/sdc1 here which you tryied to configure below.
[root@rac1 etc]#
[root@rac1 etc]# oracleasm createdisk
Marking disk "/dev/sdc1" as an ASM disk: Error opening manager: No such device or addressit seems that you are specifying partition that dont exists.
[FAILED]
[root@rac1 etc]#

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Oracleasm createdisk failed

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Writing disk header: done
Instantiating disk: failed
Clearing disk header: done
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[root@host1 ~]# getenforce
Disabled
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Fixed Size 1336036 bytes
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oracleasm createdisk failed
Edited by: rcc50886 on Oct 29, 2012 11:39 AM

Oracleasm createdisk fails

Hi All,
I'm trying to create asm disk.
This is my device (750GB) fdisk configuration before i format it using mkfs.ocfs2
[root@linux02 ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb1
Disk /dev/sdb1: 750.1 GB, 750153729024 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91200 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1p1 1 123 987966 83 Linux
/dev/sdb1p2 124 6203 48837600 83 Linux
/dev/sdb1p3 6204 12283 48837600 83 Linux
/dev/sdb1p4 12284 24442 97667167+ 83 Linux
When i come to create an ASM partition on /dev/sdb1p2 it gives me the foolowing error
[root@linux01 ~]# /etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk VOL1 /dev/sdb1
Marking disk "/dev/sdb1" as an ASM disk: asmtool: Unable to clear device "/dev/sdb1": Input/output error
FAILED]
When i tried to create an asm disk on the whole disk it gives me
[root@linux02 ~]# /etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk VOL1 /dev/sdb1
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FAILED]
What should i do?!!
Please Help me Guys.

Hi,
I tried to do on p1 partition but it also did not work. orcfs2 was running so it was locking the partition (i figure it out). I made stop for ocfs2 then created the disk using oraclasm on sdb1 and it did not work on sdb1px (I don't know why!!!).
Now if i go to fdisk -l /dev/sdb1 it does not recognize the partition table.
[root@linux01 /]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80032038912 bytes
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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 14 9730 78051802+ 8e Linux LVM
Disk /dev/sdb: 750.1 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 91201 732572001 83 Linux
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[root@linux01 /]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb1
Disk /dev/sdb1: 750.1 GB, 750153729024 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91200 cylinders
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/etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk FAILED

Hi DBAs,
We got this error when creating asm disk using /etc/init.d/oracleasm create disk. The disks are HDS and EMC Powerpath. Any advices are greatly appreciated.
Below are the steps we've done:
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Marking disk "ocrdisk1" as an ASM disk: [FAILED]
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# raw device bindings
# format: <rawdev> <major> <minor>
# <rawdev> <blockdev>
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# /dev/raw/raw2 8 5
/dev/raw/raw1 /dev/emcpowerb
[root@host1]# /sbin/service rawdevices restart
Assigning devices:
/dev/raw/raw1 --> /dev/emcpowerz
/dev/raw/raw1: bound to major 120, minor 16
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ASMlib cannot write disk label using EMC Powerpath to disk

We installed ASMlib on OEL5 (64-bit) update 1. We configured successfully. When we are cerating the disk label using EMC powerpath to disk, oracleasm createdisk command gives an error:
Device "/dev/emcpowerb1" is not a partition
If we access the device directly without multipathing (like /dev/sdd1), it works successfully. Is this a pwoerpath bug or are we doing something wrong?

Researched this a little deeper. Another Metalink Note:469163.1 "Oracleasm Createdisk Fails: Device '/dev/emcpoweraxx Is Not A Partition [Failed]" provides a different workaround to this situation:
1. Do the "/etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk" operation using the "asmtool" command directly:
/usr/sbin/asmtool -C -l /dev/oracleasm -n <volume name> -s /dev/<emc device> -a force=yes
The tool will report:
asmtool: Device "/dev/<emc device>" is not a partition
asmtool: Continuing anyway
2. The permissions of the volume under /dev/oracleasm/disks/ will be "root: root"
Reboot the system to correct this.
3. Further use of the device can now be done normally using the powerpath device name
You may prefer this approach.
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Oracleasm disk problem

Installing:
oracleasm-2.6.5-7.191-bigsmp-2.0.3-1
oracleasm-support-2.0.3-1
oracleasmlib-2.0.2-1
-> oracleasm configure
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Hope for any advice

Hi Folks,
I have fixed this issue by formatting partition :)
1. use fdisk to drop any partitions on the disk
2. create primary partition
3. format newly created partition
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Installing ASM on linux : /etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk VOL1 [failed]

Hi all,
Oracle unbreakable linux
oracle 10.2.0.1
I got this error while mark ing the disks for use by ASMLib
/etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk VOL1 [failed]
I already performed the steps mentioned below
uname -rm
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# uname -rm
2.6.9-22.ELsmp i686
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Use this information to find the correct ASMLib packages on OTN:
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rpm -Uvh oracleasm-kernel_version-asmlib_version.cpu_type.rpm \
oracleasmlib-asmlib_version.cpu_type.rpm \
oracleasm-support-asmlib_version.cpu_type.rpm
Ex:
# rpm -Uvh \
> oracleasm-2.6.9-22.ELsmp-2.0.0-1.i686.rpm \
> oracleasmlib-2.0.1-1.i386.rpm \
> oracleasm-support-2.0.1-1.i386.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:oracleasm-support ########################################### [ 33%]
2:oracleasm-2.6.9-22.ELsm########################################### [ 67%]
3:oracleasmlib ########################################### [100%]
Configuring ASMLib
Before using ASMLib, you must run a configuration script to prepare the driver. Run the following command as root, and answer the prompts as shown in the example below.
# /etc/init.d/oracleasm configure
Configuring the Oracle ASM library driver.
This will configure the on-boot properties of the Oracle ASM library
driver. The following questions will determine whether the driver is
loaded on boot and what permissions it will have. The current values
will be shown in brackets ('[]'). Hitting <ENTER> without typing an
answer will keep that current value. Ctrl-C will abort.
Default user to own the driver interface []: oracle
Default group to own the driver interface []: dba
Start Oracle ASM library driver on boot (y/n) [n]: y
Fix permissions of Oracle ASM disks on boot (y/n) [y]: y
Writing Oracle ASM library driver configuration: [ OK ]
Creating /dev/oracleasm mount point: [ OK ]
Loading module "oracleasm": [ OK ]
Mounting ASMlib driver filesystem: [ OK ]
Scanning system for ASM disks: [ OK ]
but when i tried this
/etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk VOL1 /dev/sda2
Marking disk "/dev/sda2" as an ASM disk: [ Failed]
i got this error
Please give me the solution,
Thanks

I have found this on /var/log/oracleasm
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oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
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oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
Unable to open device "/dev/sda2": Device or resource busy
Unable to open device "/dev/sda1": Device or resource busy
Unable to open device "/dev/sda": Device or resource busy
Reloading disk partitions: done
Cleaning any stale ASM disks...
Scanning system for ASM disks...
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
Unable to open device "/dev/sda2": Device or resource busy
Unable to open device "/dev/sda1": Device or resource busy
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Cleaning any stale ASM disks...
Scanning system for ASM disks...
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
Unable to open device "/dev/sda2": Device or resource busy
Unable to open device "/dev/sda2": Device or resource busy
Unable to open device "/dev/sda2": Device or resource busy
Creating /dev/oracleasm mount point: /dev/oracleasm
Loading module "oracleasm": oracleasm
Mounting ASMlib driver filesystem: /dev/oracleasm
Reloading disk partitions: done
Cleaning any stale ASM disks...
Scanning system for ASM disks...
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
Reloading disk partitions: done
Cleaning any stale ASM disks...
Scanning system for ASM disks...
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
Unable to open device "/dev/sda2": Device or resource busy
Unable to open device "/dev/sda1": Device or resource busy
Unable to open device "/dev/sda": Device or resource busy
Unable to open device "/dev/sda1": Device or resource busy
Unable to open device "/dev/sda2": Device or resource busy
Unable to open device "/dev/sda2": Device or resource busy
Unable to query file "/dev/sda2p1": No such file or directory
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oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
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oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
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oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
Unable to open device "/dev/sda2": Device or resource busy
Unable to open device "/dev/sda1": Device or resource busy
Unable to open device "/dev/sda": Device or resource busy
Unable to query file "/dev/sdap1": No such file or directory
Disk "VOL1" does not exist or is not instantiated
Unable to query file "/dev/sdap1": No such file or directory
Unable to query file "/dev/sda2p1": No such file or directory
Unable to query file "/dev/sdap1": No such file or directory
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Cleaning any stale ASM disks...
Scanning system for ASM disks...
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-0": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
oracleasm-read-label: Unable to open device "/dev/dm-1": No such file or directory
Unable to query file "/dev/sda2p2": No such file or directory
Unable to query file "/dev/sda2p2": No such file or directory
Unable to query file "/dev/sda2p3": No such file or directory
Unable to query file "/dev/sda2p4": No such file or directory
Unable to query file "/dev/sda2p2": No such file or directory
Unable to query file "/dev/sda2p3": No such file or directory
Unable to query file "/dev/sda2p4": No such file or directory
Unable to open device "/dev/sda3": Device or resource busy

Oracle Linux 6.2 with RAC 11g cluster install fails on root.sh ioctl

I have 2 HP Servers I'm trying to install a cluster to.
I've tried Oracle Linux 6.2 and 6.3 with the same error on both nodes when running the root.sh script.
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VOL1
VOL2
VOL3
VOL5
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When I created the disks with ASM I used multipath successfuly:
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"10g: Using Openfiler iSCSI with an Oracle RAC database on Linux [ID 371434.1]"
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Grid Single node (not doing RAC) 11.2.0.2 (latest download available from otn) install fails during ./root.sh execution
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Operation successful.
CRS-4664: Node node1 successfully pinned.
Adding daemon to inittab
ohasd failed to start: Inappropriate ioctl for device
ohasd failed to start: Inappropriate ioctl for device at /ocw/grid/crs/install/roothas.pl line 296.
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Fresh new install of OEL6.3 UEK, preinstall completed no issues, oracleasm config, createdisk...no issues; however
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I tried the suggestions in one of the threads where a initctl is added to the perl script...that also produced a fail
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ron.
Edited by: rmueller on Feb 3, 2013 9:12 PM

Hi,
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Also: With the UEK kernel, the asmlib drivers (kernel dependent part) are already included in the kernel (the reason why updatedriver won't work).
You only need the support and the asmlib rpm.
Regards
Sebastian

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i am getting this error while trying to create disk
[root@dbanew sysconfig]# /etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk VOL1 /dev/sda3
Marking disk "/dev/sda3" as an ASM disk: asmtool: Unable to clear device "/dev/sda3": Input/output error
[FAILED]
[root@dbanew sysconfig]#
could any please look into this and help me

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dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda3 bs=4096 count=10000
and after that do your createdisk. perhaps there are some infos in the diskheader that prevents
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ls /dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol
/dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol
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crw-rw---- 1 oracle oinstall 199, 65533 Feb 26 12:08 /dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol
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# and updated by the Database Configuration Assistant when creating
# a database.
# A colon, ':', is used as the field terminator. A new line terminates
# the entry. Lines beginning with a pound sign, '#', are comments.
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# The first and second fields are the system identifier and home
# directory of the database respectively. The third filed indicates
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# "N", be brought up at system boot time.
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test./sqlplus /nolog
SQL*Plus: Release 11.1.0.6.0 - Production on Fri Feb 26 12:25:32 2010
Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
SQL> connect /as sysdba
Connected.
SQL> select name from v$asm_diskgroup;
no rows selected
SQL> select path from v$asm_disk;
PATH
/dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol
SQL> create diskgroup asm_dg external redundancy disk '/dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol';
create diskgroup asm_dg external redundancy disk '/dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol'
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-15018: diskgroup cannot be created
ORA-15201: disk /dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol contains a valid RDBMS file
SQL> select name from v$asm_diskgroup;
no rows selected
SQL> create diskgroup asm_dg external redundancy disk '/dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol' -f;
create diskgroup asm_dg external redundancy disk '/dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol' -f
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended
SQL> create diskgroup asm_dg external redundancy disk '/dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol' force;
create diskgroup asm_dg external redundancy disk '/dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol' force
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-15018: diskgroup cannot be created
ORA-15080: synchronous I/O operation to a disk failed
ORA-15080: synchronous I/O operation to a disk failed
ORA-15080: synchronous I/O operation to a disk failed
ORA-15080: synchronous I/O operation to a disk failed
SQL> create diskgroup asm_dg external redundancy disk '/dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol';
create diskgroup asm_dg external redundancy disk '/dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol'
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-15018: diskgroup cannot be created
ORA-15201: disk /dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol contains a valid RDBMS file
SQL> create diskgroup asm_dg external redundancy disk '/dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol' force;
create diskgroup asm_dg external redundancy disk '/dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol' force
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-15018: diskgroup cannot be created
ORA-15080: synchronous I/O operation to a disk failed
ORA-15080: synchronous I/O operation to a disk failed
ORA-15080: synchronous I/O operation to a disk failed
ORA-15080: synchronous I/O operation to a disk failed
SQL>
can some body help on this.
Also wanted to know the background process during ASM creation.
~Dhananjay
Edited by: user9075978 on Feb 26, 2010 4:18 AM

Force the partition table on the second node to be reread
# partprobe
Initialize all shared disks on one node (execute as user root)
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc1 bs=1M count=10
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc2 bs=1M count=10
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc3 bs=1M count=10
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc4 bs=1M count=10
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd1 bs=1M count=10
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd2 bs=1M count=10
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd3 bs=1M count=10
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd4 bs=1M count=10
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sde1 bs=1M count=10
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sde2 bs=1M count=10
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sde3 bs=1M count=10
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sde4 bs=1M count=10
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdf3 bs=1M count=10
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdf4 bs=1M count=10
Install ASM lib (execute as user root) on all cluster nodes
rpm -i /ptc/oms/asmlib/*
Configure ASM lib (set driver owner to oracle and group to dba) on all cluster nodes
/etc/init.d/oracleasm configure
Label ASM lib disks on one node (execute as user root)
/etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk data01 /dev/sdc3
/etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk data02 /dev/sdc4
/etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk flash01 /dev/sdd3
/etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk flash02 /dev/sdd4
/etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk flash03 /dev/sde3
/etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk flash04 /dev/sde4
/etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk flash05 /dev/sdf3
/etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk flash06 /dev/sdf4
Scan and list the disks on the other node (execute as user root)
/etc/init.d/oracleasm scandisks
/etc/init.d/oracleasm listdisks
Set up udev to configure block device permissions (as user root)
vi /etc/udev/permissions.d/49-oracle.permissions
sdc1:root:oinstall:0640
sdd1:root:oinstall:0640
# Voting
sdc2:crs:oinstall:0640
sdd2:crs:oinstall:0640
sde2:crs:oinstall:0640
# ASM spfile
sde1:asm:oinstall:0640
# ASM devices
sdc3:asm:oinstall:0640
sdc4:asm:oinstall:0640
sdd3:asm:oinstall:0640
sdd4:asm:oinstall:0640
sde3:asm:oinstall:0640
sde4:asm:oinstall:0640
sdf3:asm:oinstall:0640
sdf4:asm:oinstall:0640
Restart the udev service (execute as user root)
/sbin/udevstart

Asm createdisk error in root.sh

I get the following error in root.sh during RAC install
DiskGroup OCR creation failed with the following message:
ORA-15018: diskgroup cannot be created
ORA-15072: command requires at least 1 regular failure groups, discovered only 0
Configuration of ASM failed, see logs for details
Did not succssfully configure and start ASM
CRS-2500: Cannot stop resource 'ora.crsd' as it is not running
CRS-4000: Command Stop failed, or completed with errors.
Command return code of 1 (256) from command: /opt/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/crsctl stop resource ora.crsd -init
Stop of resource "ora.crsd -init" failed
In /opt/app/11.2.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/crsconfig/rootcrs_gaalt-ota-odc.log ....
2010-07-02 06:31:21: Successfully created CRS resources for cluster daemon and ASM
2010-07-02 06:31:21: Checking if initial configuration has been performed
2010-07-02 06:31:21: Starting CSS in exclusive mode
2010-07-02 06:31:47: CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.gipcd' on 'gaalt-ota-odc'
2010-07-02 06:31:47: CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.mdnsd' on 'gaalt-ota-odc'
2010-07-02 06:31:47: CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.gipcd' on 'gaalt-ota-odc' succeeded
2010-07-02 06:31:47: CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.mdnsd' on 'gaalt-ota-odc' succeeded
2010-07-02 06:31:47: CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.gpnpd' on 'gaalt-ota-odc'
2010-07-02 06:31:47: CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.gpnpd' on 'gaalt-ota-odc' succeeded
2010-07-02 06:31:47: CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'gaalt-ota-odc'
2010-07-02 06:31:47: CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'gaalt-ota-odc' succeeded
2010-07-02 06:31:47: CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.cssd' on 'gaalt-ota-odc'
2010-07-02 06:31:47: CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.diskmon' on 'gaalt-ota-odc'
2010-07-02 06:31:47: CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.diskmon' on 'gaalt-ota-odc' succeeded
2010-07-02 06:31:47: CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.cssd' on 'gaalt-ota-odc' succeeded
2010-07-02 06:31:47: Querying for existing CSS voting disks
2010-07-02 06:31:47: Performing initial configuration for cluster
2010-07-02 06:31:48: Start of resource "ora.ctssd -init" Succeeded
2010-07-02 06:31:48: Configuring ASM via ASMCA
2010-07-02 06:31:48: Executing as grid: /opt/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/asmca -silent -diskGroupName OCR -diskList ORCL:OCR -redundancy EXTERNAL -configureLocalASM
2010-07-02 06:31:48: Running as user grid: /opt/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/asmca -silent -diskGroupName OCR -diskList ORCL:OCR -redundancy EXTERNAL -configureLocalASM
2010-07-02 06:31:48: Invoking "/opt/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/asmca -silent -diskGroupName OCR -diskList ORCL:OCR -redundancy EXTERNAL -configureLocalASM" as user "grid"
2010-07-02 06:31:56: Configuration of ASM failed, see logs for details
2010-07-02 06:31:56: Did not succssfully configure and start ASM
2010-07-02 06:31:56: Exiting exclusive mode
2010-07-02 06:31:57: Command return code of 1 (256) from command: /opt/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/crsctl stop resource ora.crsd -init
2010-07-02 06:31:57: Stop of resource "ora.crsd -init" failed
2010-07-02 06:31:57: Failed to stop CRSD
2010-07-02 06:32:32: Initial cluster configuration failed. See /opt/app/11.2.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/crsconfig/rootcrs_gaalt-ota-odc.log for details
[root@GAALT-OTA-ODC oracledisks]#
So I tried the command manually , first I started CSS in exclusive mode and then ran the command from the logs above.....
crsctl start resource ora.cssd -init -env CSSD_MODE=-X
Then....
[grid@GAALT-OTA-ODC ~]$ /opt/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/asmca -silent -diskGroupName OCR -diskList ORCL:OCR -redundancy EXTERNAL -configureLocalASM
Error...
DiskGroup OCR creation failed with the following message:
ORA-15018: diskgroup cannot be created
ORA-15072: command requires at least 1 regular failure groups, discovered only 0
I think the issue lies somewhere in my oracleasm OCR disk creation step. The create command during root.sh works when I delete the disk and use oracleasm to recreate it locally . But then the create fails on the other node. In other words the node that uses oracleasm scandisks to pick up OCR will always fail with the error above
In other words, if I run "/usr/sbin/oracleasm createdisk OCR /dev/asm/OCR " on node1, root.sh wll fail with the above error on node2. Even though scandisks detects the OCR on node2
If I run this command on node2 first, root.sh will fail on node1 . Even though scandisks detects the OCR on node1
This is a nightmare would appreciate some advice on diagnosing where the problem is with my configuration of ASM before I roll back the root.sh again !
Thanks

Thanks Sebastian
I tried this but I also needed to recreate the OCR disk as root.sh throws an error that it is already created, so i ran a dd on the device , then deleted OCR using oraclasm
Then I tried to recreate on first node and got
/usr/sbin/oracleasm createdisk OCR /dev/mapper/mpath3
Unable to open device "/dev/mapper/mpath3": Device or resource busy
Tried it on other node and it worked
I rolled back root.sh and then ran it again and it thows the following error
DiskGroup OCR creation failed with the following message:
ORA-15018: diskgroup cannot be created
ORA-15017: diskgroup "OCR" cannot be mounted
ORA-15003: diskgroup "OCR" already mounted in another lock name space
I decided to reboot the machines to get around the busy device. Once rebooted I was able to run oracleasm createdisk without any errors. root.sh also did not throw errors but I am not 100% confident that the root.sh was ok on the second node. Anyway I have lost my install GUI during reboot so could not complete the install anyway
So now I will deinstall everything and start again , and I will update the forum to if there was no issue and problem resolved
Thanks a lot for the pointers and your time

ASM Disk creation failed

Dear Team,
                         I am using OEL 6.0 32 bit in Virtual Machine.I have installed all ASMlib rpm whatever required & SELINUX also DISABLE.But when I am trying to create ASM disk its giving below error.Please help me How can overcome this issue.
[root@rac1 ~]# oracleasm createdisk ASM01 /dev/sdb1
Writing disk header: done
Instantiating disk: failed
Clearing disk header: done
[root@rac1 ~]#
Regards,
Praveen

Did you configure the ASM lib ?
/etc/init.d/oracleasm configure
[root@node2 ~]# /etc/init.d/oracleasm configure
Configuring the Oracle ASM library driver.
This will configure the on-boot properties of the Oracle ASM library
driver. The following questions will determine whether the driver is
loaded on boot and what permissions it will have. The current values
will be shown in brackets ('[]'). Hitting <ENTER> without typing an
answer will keep that current value. Ctrl-C will abort.
Default user to own the driver interface []: oracle
Default group to own the driver interface []: dba
Start Oracle ASM library driver on boot (y/n) [n]: y
Scan for Oracle ASM disks on boot (y/n) [y]:
Writing Oracle ASM library driver configuration: done
Initializing the Oracle ASMLib driver:                     [ OK ]
Scanning the system for Oracle ASMLib disks:               [ OK ]
[root@node2 ~]# /usr/sbin/oracleasm createdisk DISK101 /dev/sdc1
Writing disk header: done
Instantiating disk: done

ASM creation problem Initializing the Oracle ASMLib driver: failed

hi
oel 5.6 64bit
db 11gR2 64bit
[root@rac-1 ASM]# rpm -qa | grep ora
oracleasm-2.6.18-164.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5
libtheora-1.0alpha7-1
oracleasm-2.6.18-164.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5
oracleasm-2.6.18-164.el5-2.0.5-1.el5
oracle-logos-4.9.17-10
oracle-validated-1.1.0-7.el5
oraclelinux-release-5-6.0.1
oracleasm-support-2.1.4-1.el5
[root@rac-1 ASM]# rpm -qa | grep asm
nasm-0.98.39-3.2.2
oracleasm-2.6.18-164.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5
oracleasm-2.6.18-164.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5
oracleasm-2.6.18-164.el5-2.0.5-1.el5
oracleasm-support-2.1.4-1.el5
[root@rac-1 ASM]#
[root@rac-1 ASM]# oracleasm configure
ORACLEASM_ENABLED=true
ORACLEASM_UID=oracle
ORACLEASM_GID=asmadmin
ORACLEASM_SCANBOOT=true
ORACLEASM_SCANORDER=""
ORACLEASM_SCANEXCLUDE=""
[root@rac-1 ASM]# service oracleasm restart
Dropping Oracle ASMLib disks:                              [ OK ]
Shutting down the Oracle ASMLib driver:                    [ OK ]
Initializing the Oracle ASMLib driver:                     [FAILED]
[root@rac-1 ASM]#can anyone help??

hi
just another confirmation i need :
i have some raw devices using /etc/rawdevices file and losetup to /dev/loop(n); can you say what are the udev rules to set so that all the permission and loop(n) devices come up before ASMLib driver initialization ?? eg.
http://www.idevelopment.info/data/Oracle/DBA_tips/Automatic_Storage_Management/ASM_20.shtml
[root@rac-1 ~]# oracleasm listdisks
VOL1
[root@rac-1 ~]# oracleasm createdisk VOL2 /dev/loop1
Unable to access device "/dev/loop1"
[root@rac-1 ~]# losetup /dev/loop1 /oracle_ASM_SWAP/ASM/ASM_FILE1
[root@rac-1 ~]# oracleasm createdisk VOL2 /dev/loop1
Writing disk header: done
Instantiating disk: done
[root@rac-1 ~]# losetup /dev/loop2 /oracle_ASM_SWAP/ASM/ASM_FILE2
[root@rac-1 ~]# oracleasm createdisk VOL3 /dev/loop3
Unable to access device "/dev/loop3"
[root@rac-1 ~]# oracleasm createdisk VOL3 /dev/loop2
Writing disk header: done
Instantiating disk: done
[root@rac-1 ~]# losetup /dev/loop3 /oracle_ASM_SWAP/ASM/ASM_FILE3
[root@rac-1 ~]# oracleasm createdisk VOL4 /dev/loop3
Writing disk header: done
Instantiating disk: done
[root@rac-1 ~]# losetup /dev/loop4 /oracle_ASM_SWAP/ASM/ASM_FILE4
[root@rac-1 ~]# oracleasm createdisk VOL5 /dev/loop5
Unable to access device "/dev/loop5"
[root@rac-1 ~]# oracleasm createdisk VOL5 /dev/loop4
Writing disk header: done
Instantiating disk: done
[root@rac-1 ~]# losetup /dev/loop5 /oracle_ASM_SWAP/ASM/ASM_FILE5
[root@rac-1 ~]# oracleasm createdisk VOL6 /dev/loop5
Writing disk header: done
Instantiating disk: done
[root@rac-1 ~]# oracleasm listdisks
VOL1
VOL2
VOL3
VOL4
VOL5
VOL6
[root@rac-1 ~]#http://admindba.com/forum.php?gcm=2&grid=115612
assigning to /etc/rc.local making the disk available only VOL1 not others.
can i still use ADVM ??
[oracle@rac-1 dbs]$ . ~/.orcl_ASM.profile
[oracle@rac-1 dbs]$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Mon Apr 4 11:34:51 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> !
[oracle@rac-1 dbs]$ ls
hc_orcl.dat   init.ora      lkORCL     spfileorcl.ora
init+ASM.ora initorcl.ora orapworcl
[oracle@rac-1 dbs]$ exit
SQL> startup
ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
ORA-29701: unable to connect to Cluster Synchronization Service
SQL> startup pfile='/oracle_db/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs/init+ASM.ora';
ORA-29701: unable to connect to Cluster Synchronization Service
ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
SQL> Disconnected
[oracle@rac-1 dbs]$ cd /oracle_db/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/bin/l
lbuilder      ldapcompare   ldapsearch    loadpsp       lxchknlb
lcsscan       ldapdelete    ldifmigrator loadpspO      lxegen
ldapadd       ldapmoddn     linkshlib     lsnodes       lxinst
ldapaddmt     ldapmodify    lmsgen        lsnrctl
ldapbind      ldapmodifymt loadjava      lsnrctl0
[oracle@rac-1 dbs]$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Mon Apr 4 11:47:18 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> create spfile from pfile='/oracle_db/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs/init+ASM.ora';
File created.
SQL> startup
ORA-29701: unable to connect to Cluster Synchronization Service
SQL> Disconnected
[oracle@rac-1 dbs]$ vi .orcl_ASM.profile
[oracle@rac-1 dbs]$ vi .orcl_ASM.profile
[oracle@rac-1 dbs]$ . .orcl_ASM.profile
[oracle@rac-1 dbs]$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Mon Apr 4 11:50:29 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup mount
ORA-29701: unable to connect to Cluster Synchronization Service
SQL> Disconnected
[oracle@rac-1 dbs]$ ls
hc_orcl.dat   init.ora      lkORCL     spfile+ASM.ora
init+ASM.ora initorcl.ora orapworcl spfileorcl.ora
[oracle@rac-1 dbs]$ vi init+ASM.ora
[oracle@rac-1 dbs]$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Mon Apr 4 11:51:25 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> create spfile from pfile='/oracle_db/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs/init+ASM.ora';
File created.
SQL> startup mount
ORA-29701: unable to connect to Cluster Synchronization Service
SQL>how to get rid of ORA-29071 for this new ASM instance creation??
http://www.oracledba.org/10g/asm/asm_install.html
this is 10g related.
kind regards

Bit locker drive encryption failed due to power failer and hard disk corrupted

I ran Bitlocker drive ecryption drive D. My pc is windows 7 ultimate, while it was in progress of 1% due to power failer the encryption failed, when power resume the drive didn't showed the file format nor the size but it shows the size in disk management.
It showed like this in My computer
I do Have the recovery code password and back of recovery password so I ran the "manage-bde-_unlock D:-rp[my code ]
and my pc got hang no other option rather than to press the restart button.
then I used commang "repair-bde -force D:I:-rp[my rp] and following info showed but it stucked in 1% about 8 hours, and there was no increase in the pecentage
I also connected the hardisk to mac but all othe partation showed but didn't showed the encrypted one.
I had lots of memorable picture and other backups so any one kindly help me to get out of this problem. Thanks for help

Hi,
The BitLocker encryption and decryption processes can be interrupted by turning the computer off, and it will resume where it left off the next time Windows starts. This is true even if the power is suddenly unavailable.
Bitlocker-repair (repair-bde) tool
can't repair a drive that failed during the encryption or decryption process.
In addition, could you please explain a bit for what drive you are trying to deal with? external one?
When you first restart your PC, have you seen any signs that indicate that the encryption is in process?
Regarding your scenario, please take a look to see if the following articles could help here:
Scenario 11: Recovering Data Protected by BitLocker Drive Encryption (Windows 7)
Besides, when running manage-bde command, did we followed the steps mentioned in the below article?
Scenario 14: Using a Data Recovery Agent to Recover BitLocker-Protected Drives (Windows 7)
Best regards
Michael Shao
TechNet Community Support

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