Re: At my wits end with ASM file names...

From: Vladimir M. Zakharychev <vladimir.zakharychev_at_gmail.com>
Date: 9 Apr 2006 10:25:28 -0700
Message-ID: <1144603528.177575.317410@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>

> > CREATE DATABASE "colon"
> > *
> > ERROR at line 1:
> > ORA-01501: CREATE DATABASE failed
> > ORA-00200: control file could not be created
> > ORA-00202: control file: '+DATA_STRUCTURED/colon/control01.ctl'
> > ORA-15012: ASM file 'colon/control01.ctl' does not exist
> > ORA-17502: ksfdcre:5 Failed to create file +DATA_STRUCTURED/colon/control01.ctl
> > ORA-15081: failed to submit an I/O operation to a disk
> >
>

On second thought, the cause may well be in "colon" instance being unable to communicate with ASM instance. This may happen if the CSS daemon is not running, so Andreas' suggestion is worth checking, too: see if ocssd.bin is among running processes.

Hth,

Vladimir M. Zakharychev
N-Networks, makers of Dynamic PSP(tm) http://www.dynamicpsp.com Received on Sun Apr 09 2006 - 12:25:28 CDT