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Re: lsnrctl can start listener, crs_start cannot

From: Steve Howard <stevedhoward_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:36:56 -0000
Message-ID: <1181223416.897364.90540@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>


On Jun 7, 9:28 am, herta <herta.vandeney..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 7, 3:09 pm, Steve Howard <stevedhow..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jun 7, 6:59 am, herta <herta.vandeney..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I'm in the process of setting up a two-node Oracle 10.2.0.3 RAC
> > > cluster on SLES 10. I ran a clusterware installation and two database
> > > software installations (db_1 to be used for the databases, and db_2 to
> > > be used for asm). The database software installations were run with
> > > the "install database software only" option.
>
> > > Prior to setting up asm, I ran netca to define the listeners, but
> > > netca gives me pop-up warnings:
>
> > > Problem in configuration: ol01: LISTENER_OL01
> > > Listener start failed. Listener may already be running.
> > > CRS-0215: Could not start resource 'ora.ol01.LISTENER_OL01.lsnr'.
>
> > > Problem in configuration: ol02: LISTENER_OL02
> > > Listener start failed. Listener may already be running.
> > > CRS-0215: Could not start resource 'ora.ol02.LISTENER_OL02.lsnr'.
>
> > > I verified that the listeners are not running on either node.
>
> > > 'oerr CRS 215' returns
> > > 215, 0, "Could not start resource '%s'."
> > > // *Cause: There was an internal error while starting the resource.
> > > // *Action: Check the CRS daemon log file.
>
> > > but the daemon log is not exactly helpful:
> > > 2007-06-07 12:01:24.134: [ CRSRES][1411561792]0Attempting to start
> > > `ora.ol01.LI
> > > STENER_OL01.lsnr` on member `ol01`
> > > 2007-06-07 12:01:24.623: [ CRSAPP][1411561792]0StartResource error
> > > for ora.ol01
> > > .LISTENER_OL01.lsnr error code = 1
> > > 2007-06-07 12:01:24.928: [ CRSRES][1411561792]0Start of
> > > `ora.ol01.LISTENER_OL01
> > > .lsnr` on member `ol01` failed.
>
> > > I tried to start the listeners using 'crs_start
> > > ora.ol01.LISTENER_OL01.lsnr -c ol01'
>
> > > but that again fails with
> > > Attempting to start `ora.ol01.LISTENER_OL01.lsnr` on member `ol01`
> > > Start of `ora.ol01.LISTENER_OL01.lsnr` on member `ol01` failed.
> > > CRS-0215: Could not start resource 'ora.ol01.LISTENER_OL01.lsnr'.
>
> > > Starting them with lsnrctl works fine, but crs_stat still sees them as
> > > offline:
>
> > > NAME=ora.ol01.LISTENER_OL01.lsnr
> > > TYPE=application
> > > TARGET=ONLINE
> > > STATE=OFFLINE
>
> > > I removed the listeners (crs_unregister), and tried defining them
> > > during the asm setup using dbca. Same result.
>
> > > I found threadhttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.oracle.server/browse_th...
> > > which discusses a similar error (similar in that the STATE there is
> > > UNKNOWN), and but none of the suggestions seem to work.
>
> > > I ran cluvfy, which only fails on 'Checking system requirements', with
> > > a ' No checks registered for this product', but that is 'normal' for
> > > SLES10.
>
> > > crs_stat only shows the listeners to be OFFLINE. Everything else is
> > > ONLINE.
>
> > > I re-installed the cluster software dropping the domain names from the
> > > hostnames, but thta didn't help either.
>
> > > Initially, the vip-addresses were only defined in /etc/hosts, so I had
> > > them added to dns (and verified both the lookup and reverse lookup).
> > > Still no luck.
>
> > > Does anyone have any idea what else I could check?
>
> > > I'll probably open an SR with Oracle later today, but given that they
> > > only just started working on a severity 2 call I opened on May 22nd, I
> > > was hoping to get this resolved a bit quicker with your help.
>
> > > Kind regards,
>
> > > Herta
>
> > Hi Herta,
>
> > What if you manually run crs_start ora.ol01.LISTENER_OL01.lsnr?
>
> > HTH,
>
> > Steve
>
> Thanks for your reaction, Steve.
>
> I did try that. Even tried 'crs_start ora.ol01.LISTENER_OL01.lsnr -c
> ol01'
>
> Both result in
>
> Attempting to start `ora.ol01.LISTENER_OL01.lsnr` on member `ol01`
> Start of `ora.ol01.LISTENER_OL01.lsnr` on member `ol01` failed.
> ol02 : CRS-1018: Resource ora.ol01.vip (application) is already
> running on ol01
>
> CRS-0215: Could not start resource 'ora.ol01.LISTENER_OL01.lsnr'.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Herta

Sorry, Herta, I just noticed that in your original posting :( Received on Thu Jun 07 2007 - 08:36:56 CDT

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