Device Checks for ASM Fails with PRVF-5150: Path ORCL: is not a valid path(1210863.1)

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Applies to:

Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition - Version: 11.2.0.1 and later   [Release: 11.2 and later ]

Generic Linux

Symptoms

Device Checks for ASM Failed: 
  
 
    
 
   

      Verification result of failed node: racnode1 
    
 
    

       List of errors: 
    
 
    

        - PRVF-5150: Path ORCL:DISKCLU is not a valid path on all nodes 
     
 
   

      List of errors: 
   
 
   

       -  Could not get the type of storage 
   
 
   

          - Cause: Cause of Problem Not Available 
   
 
   

          - Action: User Action Not Available

Cause

Unpublished bug 10026970

Solution

At the time of this writing, bug 10026970 is fixed in 11.2.0.3 which is not released yet. If ASM device passes manual verification, the warning can be ignored.

Manual Verification

To verify asmlib status: 


 
  /etc/init.d/oracleasm status 
 
 
 

   Checking if ASM is loaded:                                  [  OK  ] 
 
 
 

   Checking if /dev/oracleasm is mounted:                [  OK  ] 
 
 
 
 ## 
 Both should be [OK] 
 


 To verify user setting in asmlib: 

   

 
  For environment without job role separation: 
  
 ======== 
  
id <grid user> 
  
 uid=1001( 
  grid) gid=1000( 
  oinstall) groups=1000(oinstall) 
   
   
 
  /usr/sbin/oracleasm configure 
  
 

   ORACLEASM_ENABLED=true 
 
 
 

   ORACLEASM_UID= 
  grid 
 
 
 

   ORACLEASM_GID= 
  oinstall 
 
 
 

   ORACLEASM_SCANBOOT=true 
 
 
 

   ORACLEASM_SCANORDER="" 
 
 
 

   ORACLEASM_SCANEXCLUDE="" 
 
 
 
 
  

For environment with job role separation:
 ========
 id <grid user> 
  
 uid=1001( 
  grid) gid=1000(oinstall) groups=1000(oinstall),1002(asmdba),1003(asmoper),1004( 
  asmadmin) 
   
   
 
  /usr/sbin/oracleasm configure 
  

    ORACLEASM_ENABLED=true 
  
 
  

    ORACLEASM_UID= 
   grid 
  
 
  

    ORACLEASM_GID= 
   asmadmin 
  
 
  

    ORACLEASM_SCANBOOT=true 
  
 
  

    ORACLEASM_SCANORDER="" 
  
 
  

    ORACLEASM_SCANEXCLUDE="" 
  
 
  

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 Note: Regardless job role separation, both ORACLEASM_UID and ORACLEASM_GID should match id output for grid user. 
 


 To verify disk 


/etc/init.d/oracleasm listdisks 
 
 DISKCLU 

 
 
 
 
 
 ls -l /dev/oracleasm/disks 

 

  .. 
 
 

  brw-rw----    1 grid oinstall        8,  33 Sep 16 09:41 
 DISKCLU 

 
 
 
 ## 
 Note: In job role separation environment, group will be asmadmin instead of oinstall 
 
 
 

  dd if=/dev/oracleasm/disks/ 
 DISKCLU of=/dev/null bs=1024k count=1 

 

  1+0 records in 

 1+0 records out 


 ## 
Note: Disk DISKCLU is available and readable from above output.