Oracleasm createdisk failed

I am using 11.2.0.1.0 on RHEL5. There is a database that is running on ASM. Database is properly working. Now I want to create additional asm disks . And, for I have configured new loop back devices. oracelasm craetedisk comamnd fails by saying:
[oracle@host1 ~]$ oracleasm createdisk ASMDISK08 /dev/xvd8
Writing disk header: done
Instantiating disk: failed
Clearing disk header: done
[root@host1 ~]# ls -l /dev/xvd*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 25 15:38 /dev/xvd1 -> /dev/loop1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Oct 25 15:38 /dev/xvd10 -> /dev/loop10
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Oct 25 15:38 /dev/xvd11 -> /dev/loop11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Oct 25 15:38 /dev/xvd12 -> /dev/loop12
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Oct 25 15:38 /dev/xvd13 -> /dev/loop13
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 25 15:38 /dev/xvd2 -> /dev/loop2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 25 15:38 /dev/xvd3 -> /dev/loop3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 25 15:38 /dev/xvd4 -> /dev/loop4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 25 15:38 /dev/xvd5 -> /dev/loop5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 25 15:38 /dev/xvd6 -> /dev/loop6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 25 15:38 /dev/xvd7 -> /dev/loop7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 25 15:38 /dev/xvd8 -> /dev/loop8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 25 15:38 /dev/xvd9 -> /dev/loop9
[root@host1 ~]# ls -l /dev/loop[1-9]
brw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall 7, 1 Oct 25 15:37 /dev/loop1
brw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall 7, 2 Oct 25 15:37 /dev/loop2
brw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall 7, 3 Oct 25 15:37 /dev/loop3
brw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall 7, 4 Oct 25 15:37 /dev/loop4
brw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall 7, 5 Oct 25 15:37 /dev/loop5
brw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall 7, 6 Oct 25 15:37 /dev/loop6
brw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall 7, 7 Oct 25 15:37 /dev/loop7
brw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall 7, 8 Oct 25 15:38 /dev/loop8
brw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall 7, 9 Oct 25 15:38 /dev/loop9
[root@host1 ~]# getenforce
Disabled
SQL> startup
ASM instance started
Total System Global Area 284565504 bytes
Fixed Size 1336036 bytes
Variable Size 258063644 bytes
ASM Cache 25165824 bytes
ASM diskgroups mounted
ASM diskgroups volume enabled
Any idea? where is the issue?
Thanks and regards

duplicate post
oracleasm createdisk failed
Edited by: rcc50886 on Oct 29, 2012 11:39 AM

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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
Marking disk "/dev/sdb1" as an ASM disk: asmtool: Unable to clear device "/dev/sdb1": Input/output error
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
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9730 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
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
but when i execute this:
[root@linux01 /]# 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
Disk /dev/sdb1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
What is missing here?!!!

/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:
[root@host1]# /etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk ocrdisk1 /dev/raw/raw1
Marking disk "ocrdisk1" as an ASM disk: [FAILED]
cat /etc/sysconfig/rawdevices
# raw device bindings
# format: <rawdev> <major> <minor>
# <rawdev> <blockdev>
# example: /dev/raw/raw1 /dev/sda1
# /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
done
[root@host1]# set -o vi
[root@host1]# /etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk ocrdisk1 /dev/raw/raw1
Marking disk "ocrdisk1" as an ASM disk: [FAILED]

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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
Ex:
# uname -rm
2.6.9-22.ELsmp i686
The example shows that this is a 2.6.9-22 kernel for an SMP (multiprocessor) box using Intel i686 CPUs.
Use this information to find the correct ASMLib packages on OTN:
1. Point your Web browser to http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/linux/asmlib/index.html
2. Select the link for your version of Linux.
3. Download the oracleasmlib and oracleasm-support packages for your version of Linux
4. Download the oracleasm package corresponding to your kernel. In the example above, the oracleasm-2.6.9-22.ELsmp-2.0.0-1.i686.rpm package was used.
Next, install the packages by executing the following command as root:
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
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...
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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
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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...
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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
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/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
Unable to open device "/dev/sda1": 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
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 query file "/dev/sdap1": No such file or directory
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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
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 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

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]#

Oracleasm Createdisk error

Hello ,
I have just been trying to label oracle disk.
here is the error I get .
[db]# oracleasm createdisk DNAT01 /dev/sddc1
Unable to open device "/dev/sddc": Device or resource busy
I have already tried the solutions that were listed for this problem, but no success.
SELINUX is already disabled.
here is some additional info ...
[db]# oracleasm querydisk /dev/sddc1
Device "/dev/sddc1" is not marked as an ASM disk
[db]# oracleasm status
Checking if ASM is loaded: yes
Checking if /dev/oracleasm is mounted: yes
[db]# oracleasm configure
ORACLEASM_ENABLED=true
ORACLEASM_UID=oracle
ORACLEASM_GID=dba
ORACLEASM_SCANBOOT=true
ORACLEASM_SCANORDER=""
ORACLEASM_SCANEXCLUDE=""
Can someone help he find the solution to this problem? . highly appreciate.
Linux version is 5.3 .. running oracle 11g R2
Thanks
Saad
Edited by: Saad on Sep 18, 2011 12:45 AM

This is the metalink note, 1303976.1, I was talking about. This is another way to prove that device is busy, which we have already proved that device is busy (means used by one thing or another). Once you get mkfs working then creatdisk should work with no errors.
You can double, check that LVM, mount, RAID, MP, or similar thing is not already accessing the disk in question. For MP, you can shutdown another node, pull the cable from 2nd HBA/port and try it again. Due to limited access to your environment and due to lack of any logs, I think the options are just hit and trial and find out what is using that device. There are specific steps to implement mp, and please make sure no other VM or RAID is causing this issue.
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Rohit Chandok
http://www.rohitchandok.com

Oracleasm createdisk just like pvcreate by LVM?

Hello
so before I create ASM diskgroup I need to oracleasm createdisk frist.
So,Does it like "pvcreate" on LVM ?

Hi,
What is your OS?
The command is for example /etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk ASMDATA /dev/sdc1, this command will mark partition /dev/sdc1 as an ASM Disk
Cheers

Oracleasm enable failed

oracle10G RAC is installed on centos5.5.the nodes all is normal. but db2 was abnormal after db2 rebooted.
db1:crs_stat -t
Name Type Target State Host
ora....E1.inst application ONLINE ONLINE db1
ora....E2.inst application ONLINE OFFLINE
ora....TEDB.db application ONLINE ONLINE db1
ora....SM1.asm application ONLINE ONLINE db1
ora....B1.lsnr application ONLINE ONLINE db1
ora.db1.gsd application ONLINE ONLINE db1
ora.db1.ons application ONLINE ONLINE db1
ora.db1.vip application ONLINE ONLINE db1
ora....SM2.asm application ONLINE OFFLINE
ora....B2.lsnr application ONLINE OFFLINE
ora.db2.gsd application ONLINE OFFLINE
ora.db2.ons application ONLINE OFFLINE
ora.db2.vip application ONLINE ONLINE db1
tail -50 /var/log/oracleasm and show messages:
Scanning system for ASM disks...
Disk "VOL1" does not exist or is not instantiated
Instantiating disk "VOL1"
oracleasm-instantiate-disk: Unable to open manager: No such device or address
Unable to instantiate disk "VOL1"
Disk "VOL2" does not exist or is not instantiated
Instantiating disk "VOL2"
Loading module "oracleasm": failed
db2:crs_stat -t and showmessages:
Name Type Target State Host
ora....E1.inst application ONLINE ONLINE db1
ora....E2.inst application ONLINE OFFLINE db2
ora....TEDB.db application ONLINE ONLINE db1
ora....SM1.asm application ONLINE ONLINE db1
ora....B1.lsnr application ONLINE ONLINE db1
ora.db1.gsd application ONLINE ONLINE db1
ora.db1.ons application ONLINE ONLINE db1
ora.db1.vip application ONLINE ONLINE db1
ora....SM2.asm application ONLINE ONLINE db2
ora....B2.lsnr application ONLINE ONLINE db2
ora.db2.gsd application ONLINE ONLINE db2
ora.db2.ons application ONLINE ONLINE db2
ora.db2.vip application ONLINE ONLINE db1
but /etc/init.d/oracleasm listdisks and show nothing.
/etc/init.d/oracleasm enable and show messages:Initializing the Oracle ASMLib driver: [FAILED]
start instance db2 and show messages:
PRKP-1001:Error starting instance db2 on node gdb2
CRS-0215:could not start resource 'ora.db.db2.inst'
[root@DB2 ~]# ls -l /dev/raw
total 0
crw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 162, 1 Oct 14 22:29 raw1
crw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 162, 2 Oct 14 22:29 raw2
crw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 162, 3 Oct 14 22:29 raw3
Can anyone point me in the right direction.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Edited by: 868121 on 2011-10-14 下午5:50

how u resolved it. can u please eloborate ? i am facing the same problem for instance on node1 on sun solaris having 10grac.
thanks in advance

Oracleasm lib failed to load with "Invalid module format" error

Hi,
I'm tring to install the oracleasm lib onto our hardened Redhat EL5 server
I've download the oracleasm rpm from this page http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/linux/asmlib/rhel5.html.
We're using Redhat 5 U 2
[root@PG673 modules]# uname -rm
2.6.18-92.el5 x86_64
[root@PG673 modules]#
The package I downloaded is an exact match with our kernel version
[root@PG673 modules]# rpm -qa | grep asm
oracleasm-2.6.18-92.el5-2.0.5-1.el5
oracleasm-support-2.1.3-1.el5
oracleasm-support-2.1.3-1.el5
oracleasm-2.6.18-92.el5-2.0.5-1.el5
oracleasmlib-2.0.4-1.el5
oracleasmlib-2.0.4-1.el5
[root@PG673 modules]#
RPM installation went well, but when we run the /etc/init.d/oracleasm configure command, we hit the following error
[root@PG673 other]# /etc/init.d/oracleasm configure
/etc/init.d/oracleasm: line 207: /usr/sbin/oracleasm: cannot execute binary file
Later we found out that the oracleasm module haven't been loaded, so we try to load it manually, but we hit the "Invalid module format" error.
[root@PG673 modules]# modprobe -l | grep asm
/lib/modules/2.6.18-92.el5/kernel/drivers/addon/oracleasm/oracleasm.ko
[root@PG673 modules]# modprobe oracleasm
FATAL: Error inserting oracleasm (/lib/modules/2.6.18-92.el5/kernel/drivers/addon/oracleasm/oracleasm.ko): Invalid module format
[root@PG673 modules]#
As I know this error could happen if the driver version is not match with the system kernel version.
The problem is we're already using an exact match version of driver with our system, I can't think of what to do next in order to proceed the installation.
Really appreciate if someone could point me a direction.
Thanks
Mike

Hi Mike,
something looks a bit strange for me. On my OEL 5.4 x64 system i have just the following 3 packages:
$ rpm -qa | grep asm
oracleasm-2.6.18-164.el5-2.0.5-1.el5
oracleasm-support-2.1.3-1.el5
oracleasmlib-2.0.4-1.el5 Your packages should be I think the following:
http://oss.oracle.com/projects/oracleasm-support/dist/files/RPMS/rhel5/amd64/2.1.3/oracleasm-support-2.1.3-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
http://otn.oracle.com/software/tech/linux/asmlib/files/RPMS/rhel5/amd64/2.0.4/oracleasmlib-2.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
http://oss.oracle.com/projects/oracleasm/dist/files/RPMS/rhel5/amd64/2.0.5/2.6.18-92.el5/oracleasm-2.6.18-92.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
Uninstall all asm packages and retry with just those three.
Good luck!
Cheers,
David
OCP 9i / 10g
http://www.oratoolkit.ch/knowledge/howto/installation/otn.php

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
Node1:
oracleasm scandisks:
-> lists no disks
oracleasm createdisk VOL1 /dev/sda3:
-> Device "/dev/sda3" is already labeled for ASM disk "" failed
oracleasm createdisk: failed because the the disk seems to have no name
Background:
-> sw-upgrade 2-node RAC 10.1.0.4 -> 10.2.0.1 -> Patch 10.2.0.3 (CRS / ASM / DB_1)
Check:
/opt/oracle/product/10g/network/admin # /etc/init.d/oracleasm status
Checking if ASM is loaded: running
Checking if /dev/oracleasm is mounted: running
How do I get the existing devices to be recognized as disks?
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
e.x.: mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdd1
4. create oracleasm disk.
Cheers!!

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.
Cheers

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.
I have tried the permissions, run-levels, etc that I have found in the forum and nothing has worked except the deconfigure works great. /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/crs/install/rootcrs.pl -deconfig -force
root.sh Errors:
Adding daemon to inittab
CRS-4124: Oracle High Availability Services startup failed.
CRS-4000: Command Start failed, or completed with errors.
ohasd failed to start: Inappropriate ioctl for device
ohasd failed to start at /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/crs/install/rootcrs.pl line 443.
I can't see whats wrong, I did use ASM to configure iSCSI disks from a storage device which appeared to work correctly:
# oracleasm listdisks
VOL1
VOL2
VOL3
VOL5
# ls /dev/oracleasm/disks/
VOL1 VOL2 VOL3 VOL5
When I created the disks with ASM I used multipath successfuly:
# oracleasm createdisk VOL1 /dev/mapper/23535333762373932
The other node can see the disks just fine with oracleasm listdisks
I chose 3 disks for the OCR - VOL1-3
There was one forum work around to edit the $GRID_HOME/crs/install/s_crsconfig_lib.pm which I did no Oracle Linux 6.3 to no avail. I also tried using NFS mounted volumes for the OCR drives but got the same error.
Using the install: linux.x64_11gR2_grid

oracleasm (aka asmlib) may not be supported on RHEL(OEL) 6.x. You do NOT need asmlib and it's days are numbered.
upon review of this document, even though it was for 10g, it still appears to be relevant
"10g: Using Openfiler iSCSI with an Oracle RAC database on Linux [ID 371434.1]"
and
udev utility can be used for disk mounting consistency between the nodes. It is the preferred tool. Note:371814.1 explains how to use the udev option.
and
Can't install GI 11gr2 (11.2.0.3) root.sh fail
Edited by: onedbguru on Dec 13, 2012 3:40 PM

ASM CREATE DISK FAILED

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

try to clear the disk with the command:
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
asmlib from doing its work.

ASM DG creation fails on sles11_x86_64 with 11gR1

Hi,
I have sles11x86_64 installed and using Veritas Volume manager raw disks for ASM but ASM dg creation fails with error mentioned below;
ls /dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol
/dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol
test:~ # ls -l /dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol
crw-rw---- 1 oracle oinstall 199, 65533 Feb 26 12:08 /dev/vx/rdsk/asmdg/asmvol
test:~ # su - oracle
oracle@test:~> bash
oracle@test:~> export ORACLE_SID=+ASM
oracle@test:~> export ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/orabin/product/11.1.0/db_1
oracle@test:~> cd /oracle/orabin/product/11.1.0/db_1/bin
cat /etc/oratab
# This file is used by ORACLE utilities. It is created by root.sh
# 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.
# Entries are of the form:
# $ORACLE_SID:$ORACLE_HOME:<N|Y>:
# The first and second fields are the system identifier and home
# directory of the database respectively. The third filed indicates
# to the dbstart utility that the database should , "Y", or should not,
# "N", be brought up at system boot time.
# Multiple entries with the same $ORACLE_SID are not allowed.
+ASM:/oracle/orabin/product/11.1.0/db_1:N
test./sqlplus /nolog
SQL*Plus: Release 11.1.0.6.0 - Production on Fri Feb 26 12:25:32 2010
Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
SQL> connect /as sysdba
Connected.
SQL> select name from v$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

Oracleasm-support-2.1.5-1.el6.x86_64 doesnt work on OL 6.0 UEK

ASMlib keeps return "Instantiating disk: failed" while trying to create ASM disks. It happens on both Clariion and Symmetrix devices.
[root@sgelxha198 ~]# uname -a
Linux sgelxha198 2.6.32-100.28.5.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Feb 2 18:40:23 EST 2011
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@sgelxha198 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.0 (Santiago)
[root@sgelxha198 ~]# rpm -aq |grep oracleasm
oracleasm-support-2.1.5-1.el6.x86_64
[root@sgelxha198 ~]# syminq |grep mpath
/dev/mapper/mpatha DGC RAID 5 0531 160018CC 5242880
/dev/mapper/mpathb DGC RAID 3 0531 170018CD 5242880
/dev/mapper/mpathc DGC RAID 1 0531 180018CE 5242880
/dev/mapper/mpathd DGC RAID 10 0531 190018CF 5242880
/dev/mapper/mpathe DGC VRAID 0531 1A4CE9B7 104857600
/dev/mapper/mpathf DGC VRAID 0531 1B4CE9B7 104857600
/dev/mapper/mpathah EMC SYMMETRIX 5875 1600050000 N/A
/dev/mapper/mpathai EMC SYMMETRIX 5875 1600E44000 5280000
/dev/mapper/mpathaj EMC SYMMETRIX 5875 1600E45000 5280000
/dev/mapper/mpathak EMC SYMMETRIX 5875 1600E46000 5280000
/dev/mapper/mpathal EMC SYMMETRIX 5875 1600E47000 5280000
/dev/mapper/mpatham EMC SYMMETRIX 5875 1600E48000 5280000
[root@sgelxha198 ~]# ls -l /dev/mapper/*p1
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8 Feb 9 03:13
/dev/mapper/360060160f6102900507cc7b2c3f5df11p1 -> ../dm-16
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8 Feb 9 03:30 /dev/mapper/mpathahp1 -> ../dm-18
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8 Feb 9 03:30 /dev/mapper/mpathaip1 -> ../dm-23
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8 Feb 9 03:30 /dev/mapper/mpathajp1 -> ../dm-24
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8 Feb 9 03:30 /dev/mapper/mpathakp1 -> ../dm-25
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8 Feb 9 03:30 /dev/mapper/mpathalp1 -> ../dm-26
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8 Feb 9 03:30 /dev/mapper/mpathamp1 -> ../dm-27
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Feb 9 03:30 /dev/mapper/mpathap1 -> ../dm-8
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Feb 9 03:30 /dev/mapper/mpathbp1 -> ../dm-9
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8 Feb 9 03:30 /dev/mapper/mpathcp1 -> ../dm-10
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8 Feb 9 03:30 /dev/mapper/mpathdp1 -> ../dm-12
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8 Feb 9 03:30 /dev/mapper/mpathep1 -> ../dm-11
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8 Feb 9 03:30 /dev/mapper/mpathfp1 -> ../dm-13
[root@sgelxha198 log]# oracleasm status
Checking if ASM is loaded: yes
Checking if /dev/oracleasm is mounted: yes
[root@sgelxha198 log]#
[root@sgelxha198 ~]# oracleasm createdisk cxdisk /dev/mapper/mpathap1
Writing disk header: done
Instantiating disk: failed
Clearing disk header: done
[root@sgelxha198 ~]# oracleasm createdisk vmaxdisk /dev/mapper/mpathaip1
Writing disk header: done
Instantiating disk: failed
Clearing disk header: done
mpatha (360060160f6102900505745e1c3f5df11) dm-3 DGC,RAID 5
size=5.0G features='0' hwhandler='1 alua' wp=rw
|-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=50 status=active
| `- 3:0:0:1 sdj 8:144 active ready running
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=10 status=enabled
`- 2:0:0:1 sdb 8:16 active ready running
[root@sgelxha198 ~]# multipath -ll mpathai
mpathai (360000970000192602316533030453434) dm-17 EMC,SYMMETRIX
size=5.0G features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=rw
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=active
|- 2:0:1:1 sdr 65:16 active ready running
`- 3:0:1:1 sdq 65:0 active ready running

According to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/linux/asmlib/index-101839.html No ASMLIB driver package needs to be installed when using this kernel. Moreover doing a search on ASM related rpm in ULN, I can only get what's shown here:
[root@sgelxha198 ~]# yum search oracleasm
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
======================================================== Matched: oracleasm ========================================================
oracleasm-support.x86_64 : The Oracle Automatic Storage Management support programs.
I even uninstalled oracleasm-support-2.1.5-1.el6.x86_64 and reinstalled with earlier version (oracleasmlib-2.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm & oracleasm-support-2.1.3-1.el5.x86_64.rpm), but I still get the same result.
I suspect that the integrated ASMLIB driver doesnt work well.

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