CRS-4639: Could not contact Oracle High Availability Services

Question

Hi Everyone,
I have installed 11gR2 GRID and RAC on RHEL 6.
With the installation when I ran the root.sh script I had to run the following command for the HAS to be able to start successfully:
/bin/dd if=/var/tmp/.oracle/npohasd of=/dev/null bs=1024 count=1  (According to MOS: 1069182.1)I have duplicated a database onto this environment and after a reboot of the servers the HAS does not start.
None of the logs get updated to give/show any information except 1,$GRID_HOME/log/node1/client/css.log, which gives:
2011-02-03 13:17:41.480: [ CSSCLNT][1441978112]clssscConnect: gipc request failed with 29 (0x13)
2011-02-03 13:17:41.481: [ CSSCLNT][1441978112]clsssInitNative: connect failed, rc 29I checked and tried everything according to MOS: How to Troubleshoot Grid Infrastructure Startup Issues [ID 1050908.1], but to no avail.
If I run the command
/bin/dd if=/var/tmp/.oracle/npohasd of=/dev/null bs=1024 count=1  (According to MOS: 1069182.1)and then manually start HAS everything starts perfect.
Is there any way to bypass this or get a permanent solution?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

HI!
In RHEL 6 inittab is no longer supported, it uses upstart insted.
See more info in page:http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/tip/RHEL-6-ditches-System-V-init-for-Upstart-What-Linux-admins-need-to-know
To solve the issue do the following:
Create the file:/etc/init/init-oracle.conf
*#start oracle*
start on runlevel [0123456]
stop on runlevel [016]
respawn
exec /etc/init.d/init.ohasd run >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
After the file is created, reboot and Oracle should start normaly