Help needed on SRVCTL importance in RAC Setup.

Hi gurus,
We are using 11GR2 database with RAC on AIX machines also we are using oracle clusterware only. It was implemented by some body else and we are supporting this environment. We observed that we are not able to start the Database/listerners using srvctl. it is throughing the error. We just like to know if this is acceptable. i am trying to say that SRVCTL is critical in RAC setup and we should be in a position to start the DB using srvctl else we need to start DB manually when any problem happens due to cluster level problem.
My requirement is
1) Is my point is valid. i.e SRVCTL is compulsary for cluster or not?
2) if SRVCTL is compulsary then i need to have metalink note saying SRVCTL is compulsary with out that cluster will not start the DB automatically.
REgards
DBA.

Yes ... you are right .
You can use SRVCTL to start and stop the database and instances, manage configuration information, and to move or remove instances and services. You can also use SRVCTL to add services. SRVCTL also manages configuration information.
Some SRVCTL operations store configuration information in the Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR). SRVCTL performs other operations, such as starting and stopping instances, by sending requests to the Oracle Clusterware process (CRSD), which then starts or stops the Oracle Clusterware resources.
You should be able to perform operations using srvctl.
Check out the trace files for any errors ?
Also srvctl is kind of mandatory thing and without this you wont be able to make change to configurations.
So find the root cause and you can also raise SR to oracle support.
Regards
Rajesh

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