Subject: | ORA-15186: ASMLIB error function = [asm_open], error = [1], mesg = [Operation not permitted] | |||
| Note:398622.1 | Type: | PROBLEM | |
| Last Revision Date: | 06-MAY-2008 | Status: | PUBLISHED |
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Symptoms
Cause
Solution
References
Applies to:
Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition - Version: 10.1.0
This problem can occur on any platform.
Oracle Database ASM (Automatic Storage Management) instance
Oracle ASMLib
Raw devices
The Oracle Database ASM instance reports ORA-15186 error in the alert.log, for example:
ORA-15186: ASMLIB error function = [asm_open], error = [1], mesg = [Operation not permitted].
The error occurs periodically, most notably during ASM instance startup and as a result of V$ASM_... view queries, as well as during RMAN backup.
Despite the error, however, no adverse affects are observed.
By default, Oracle Database ASM instance parameter 'ASM_DISKSTRING' is unset and therefore uses a default value of '*'. This means that the ASM instance scans both/dev/raw/and/dev/oracleasm/disks/directories when searching for oracle ASM disks.
When using a combination of oracleasm disks (/dev/oracleasm/disks/*) with raw devices (/dev/raw/*), in particular where some raw devices are not owned by or accessible to the oracle user) as well as ASM instance parameter 'ASM_DISKSTRING' with an unspecified value, error ORA-15186 is likely to occur.
The solution is to explictly set Oracle ASM instance parameter 'ASM_DISKSTRING' such that it only scans for oracleasm disks (e.g. with label ORCL:*) or to set the value to scan only intended oracleasm devices known to be oracleasm disks.
Explicitly setting 'ASM_DISKSTRING' is recommended as it increases oracle ASM disk scan performance by restricting the number of devices scanned to only those marked with the default provisioned 'ORCL:' label prefix or scanning only a given subset of devices.
Examples of setting ASM_DISKSTRING parameter include:
SQL> alter system set asm_diskstring='ORCL:*' scope=both;
...
SQL> alter system set asm_diskstring='/dev/raw/raw6,/dev/raw/raw7,/dev/raw/raw8' scope=both;
...
SQL> alter system set asm_diskstring='/dev/mapper/mpath0,/dev/mapper/mpath1,/dev/mapper/mpath2' scope=both;
...
Note: whilst limiting the 'ASM_DISKSTRING' value to a specific list of disks ensures optimal ASM instance scan performance, the parameter value must be modified to include any new devices whenever oracleasm disks are added or removed.
Note 391136.1- New ASMLib / oracleasm Disk Gets "header_status=Unknown" - Cannot be Added to Diskgroup
Keywords
AUTOMATIC~STORAGE~MANAGEMENT; RAW~DEVICE; ORACLEASM; ASMLIB;
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