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CRS-1714: Unable to discover any voting files, retrying discovery in 15 seconds

One of the two RAC nodes failed to startup CRS with following messages in alert log:

2020-02-27 20:17:50.802 [OCSSD(14861)]CRS-1714: Unable to discover 
    any voting files, retrying discovery in 15 seconds; Details at 
(:CSSNM00070:)in /u01/app/grid/diag/crs/racnode1/crs/trace/ocssd.trc

ocssd.trc:

2020-02-27 20:17:50.801 : CSSD:3324163840: clssnmReadDiscoveryProfile: voting file discovery string(/dev/oracleasm/disks)
2020-02-27 20:17:50.801 : CSSD:3324163840: clssnmvDDiscThread: using discovery string /dev/oracleasm/disks for initial discovery
2020-02-27 20:17:50.801 : SKGFD:3324163840: Discovery with str:/dev/oracleasm/disks:
2020-02-27 20:17:50.801 : SKGFD:3324163840: UFS discovery with :/dev/oracleasm/disks:
2020-02-27 20:17:50.801 : SKGFD:3324163840: Execute glob on the string /dev/oracleasm/disks
2020-02-27 20:17:50.801 : SKGFD:3324163840: OSS discovery with :/dev/oracleasm/disks:
2020-02-27 20:17:50.802 : SKGFD:3324163840: Discovery skipping bad asmlib :ASM::
2020-02-27 20:17:50.802 : CSSD:3324163840: clssnmvDiskVerify: Successful discovery of 0 disks
2020-02-27 20:17:50.802 : CSSD:3324163840: clssnmCompleteInitVFDiscovery: Completing initial voting file discovery
2020-02-27 20:17:50.802 : CSSD:3324163840: clssnmvFindInitialConfigs: No voting files found
2020-02-27 20:17:50.802 : CSSD:3324163840: (:CSSNM00070:)clssnmCompleteInitVFDiscovery: Voting file not found. Retrying discovery in 15 seconds
2020-02-27 20:17:51.687 : CSSD:3558553344: clsssc_CLSFAInit_CB: System not ready for CLSFA initialization
2020-02-27 20:17:52.687 : CSSD:3558553344: clsssc_CLSFAInit_CB: System not ready for CLSFA initialization
2020-02-27 20:17:53.687 : CSSD:3558553344: clsssc_CLSFAInit_CB: System not ready for CLSFA initialization
2020-02-27 20:17:54.687 : CSSD:3558553344: clsssc_CLSFAInit_CB: System not ready for CLSFA initialization
2020-02-27 20:17:55.688 : CSSD:3558553344: clsssc_CLSFAInit_CB: System not ready for CLSFA initialization
2020-02-27 20:17:56.688 : CSSD:3558553344: clsssc_CLSFAInit_CB: System not ready for CLSFA initialization
2020-02-27 20:17:57.688 : CSSD:3558553344: clsssc_CLSFAInit_CB: System not ready for CLSFA initialization

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How to Disable RAC Databases Automatic Startup

Sometimes we need disable automatic startup of RAC databases , due to server resource issues or server maintenance, etc. Here are a couple of common methods :

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Silent Installation of Oracle 12.2.0.1 RAC Software on Linux 7

Silent Installation of Oracle RAC Binary

This post demonstrates how to install Oracle 12.2.0.1 RAC binary in silent on Oracle Linux 7.

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Oracle GI 12.2.0.1 and Chronyd Service

As we know, GI 12.1.0.2 still check ntpd though chronyd is running as per this blog. 

After upgrading to 12.2.0.1 GI, How can GI work with Chronyd ?

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ORA-01102: cannot mount database in EXCLUSIVE mode

One of the RAC instance is up, but the rest RAC instances failed to start up.

$sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL> startup;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01102: cannot mount database in EXCLUSIVE mode
.....
..
.
2025-02-18T13:46:48.148505+11:00
Error: Shutdown in progress. Error: 1102.
USER (ospid: 90061): terminating the instance due to ORA error 1102
2025-02-18T13:46:49.188764+11:00
Instance terminated by USER, pid = 90061

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