Problem
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Error on starting ASM from SQLPLUS or ASMCMD
SQL> startup;
ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
ORA-29701: unable to connect to Cluster Synchronization Service
SQL> exit
Disconnected
Solution
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As Grid User
$ crsctl start res ora.cssd
CRS-2672: Attempting to start ‘ora.cssd’ on ‘prmdb’
CRS-2672: Attempting to start ‘ora.diskmon’ on ‘prmdb’
CRS-2676: Start of ‘ora.diskmon’ on ‘prmdb’ succeeded
$ asmcmd
Connected to an idle instance.
ASMCMD> startup
ORA-00099: warning: no parameter file specified for ASM instance
ASM instance started
Total System Global Area 317333504 bytes
Fixed Size 2221120 bytes
Variable Size 289946560 bytes
ASM Cache 25165824 bytes
ORA-15110: no diskgroups mounted
$ sqlplus “/as sysasm”
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.3.0 Production on Thu Nov 15 12:53:09 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 – 64bit Production
With the Automatic Storage Management option
SQL> select name,state from v$asm_diskgroup;
NAME STATE
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DATA MOUNTED