Oracle Restart

ORACLE RESTART 11GR2
Posted on May 2, 2011 by Anand
Oracle Restart is the new feature introduced by Oracle in 11gR2 which ensures that various
Oracle components gets automatically restarted after hardware or software failures.Thisfeature
depends on OHAS (Oracle High Availability Service) daemon and is only for standalone
server environment.The various components which gets automatically restarted as part of Oracle
Restart are :-
1. Database instance
2. Database listener
3. Database services
4. Oracle ASM instance
5. Oracle ASM disk group
6. Oracle ONS
CRSCTL utility is used to stop and start Oracle Restart.
[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ps -ef | grep has
oracle 2458 1 0 13:00 ? 00:00:01

/u01/app/oracle/grid/11.2.0.2/db_1/bin/ohasd.bin reboot
root 2631 1 0 13:00 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh
/etc/init.d/init.ohasd run
oracle 8003 3995 0 16:36 pts/2 00:00:00 grep has
[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./crsctl stat res -t
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
NAME TARGET STATE SERVER
STATE_DETAILS
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
Local Resources
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
ora.DATA.dg
ONLINE ONLINE anand-lab
ora.LISTENER.lsnr
ora.asm
Started
ora.ons
OFFLINE OFFLINE anand-lab
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
Cluster Resources
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
ora.cssd
1 ONLINE ONLINE anand-lab
ora.diskmon
ora.evmd
ora.orcl.db
Open
[oracle@anand-lab bin]$
SRVCTL utility can be used to start and stop the Oracle Restart components manually.Whenyou
start/stop a component with SRVCTL, any components on which this component depends are
automatically started/stopped first, and in the proper order.
[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./srvctl stop asm
PRCR-1065 : Failed to stop resource ora.asm

CRS-2529: Unable to act on 'ora.asm' because that would require
stopping or relocating 'ora.orcl.db', but the force option was not
specified
[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./srvctl stop asm -f
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
STATE_DETAILS
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
Local Resources
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
ora.DATA.dg
ONLINE OFFLINE anand-lab
ora.LISTENER.lsnr
ora.asm
OFFLINE OFFLINE anand-lab Instance Shutdown
ora.ons
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
Cluster Resources
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
ora.cssd
ora.diskmon
ora.evmd
ora.orcl.db
1 ONLINE OFFLINE Instance Shutdown
Though i stopped ASM instance but as Database instance component depends on it, its
stopped automatically.How to check the dependencies?
[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./crsctl stat res ora.orcl.db -p | grep DEPENDENCIES

START_DEPENDENCIES=hard(ora.DATA.dg)
weak(type:ora.listener.type,uniform:ora.ons,uniform:ora.eons) pullup(ora.DATA.dg)
STOP_DEPENDENCIES=hard(intermediate:ora.asm,shutdown:ora.DATA.dg)
[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./crsctl stat res ora.asm -p | grep DEPENDENCIES

START_DEPENDENCIES=hard(ora.cssd) weak(ora.LISTENER.lsnr)
STOP_DEPENDENCIES=hard(ora.cssd)
HARD :- Specify a hard start dependency for a resource when you want the resource to start only
when a particular resource or resource of a particular type starts.Use intermediate to specify that
Oracle Clusterware can start this resource if a resource on which it depends is in either the
ONLINE or INTERMEDIATE state. If not specified, then resources must be in the ONLINE
state for Oracle Clusterware to start this resource.
WEAK :- Specify a weak start dependency for a resource when you want that resource to start
despite whether named resources are running, or not. An attempt to start this resource also
attempts to start any resources on which this resource depends if they are not running.
PULLUP :- When you specify the pullup start dependency for a resource, then this resource
starts as a result of named resources starting.
For more details read
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/rac.112/e16794/resatt.htm#CHDJHECG
What happens if you shutdown the database using sqlplus, and perform Oracle Restart.Doesthe
instance start?The asnwer to this is NO (in default settings).
[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Sun May 1 16:56:14

2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 -

Production
With the Partitioning, Automatic Storage Management, OLAP, Data

Mining
and Real Application Testing options
SQL> shu immediate;
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.

SQL>
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------

STATE_DETAILS
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
Local Resources
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
ora.DATA.dg
ora.LISTENER.lsnr
ora.asm
Started
ora.ons
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
Cluster Resources
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
ora.cssd
ora.diskmon
ora.evmd
ora.orcl.db
1 OFFLINE OFFLINE Instance Shutdown
[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./crsctl stop has
CRS-2791: Starting shutdown of Oracle High Availability
Services-managed resources on 'anand-lab'
....................................
CRS-4133: Oracle High Availability Services has been stopped.
[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./crsctl start has
CRS-4123: Oracle High Availability Services has been started.
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
STATE_DETAILS
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
Local Resources
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
ora.DATA.dg
ora.LISTENER.lsnr
ora.asm
Started
ora.ons
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
Cluster Resources
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
ora.cssd
ora.diskmon
ora.evmd
ora.orcl.db
1 OFFLINE OFFLINE
If you shut down the database with SQL*Plus, Oracle Restart does not interpret this as a
database failure and does not attempt to restart the database.So, you need to manually startup the
database using SQL*Plus which changes both the TARGET and STATE back to ONLINE.
Doing shutdown immediate using SQL*Plus cause the TARGET to be OFFLINE and by default
the AUTO_START attribute is set to RESTORE which means, while starting up CRS will
restore the resource to the same state that it was in when the server stopped. Oracle Clusterware
attempts to restart the resource if the value of TARGET was ONLINE before the server
stopped. So, be sure to bring down the database using SRVCTL utility instead of SQL*Plus.
[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./crsctl stat res ora.orcl.db -p | grep

AUTO_START
AUTO_START=restore
From Doc
AUTO_START
Indicates whether Oracle Clusterware automatically starts a resource after a cluster server restart.
Valid AUTO_START values are:
always: Restarts the resource when the server restarts regardless of the state of the resource when
the server stopped.
restore: Restores the resource to the same state that it was in when the server stopped. Oracle
Clusterware attempts to restart the resource if the value of TARGET was ONLINE before the
server stopped.
never: Oracle Clusterware never restarts the resource regardless of the state of the resource when
the server stopped.
Lets change the AUTO_START attribute to always
[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./crsctl modify resource ora.orcl.db -attr

AUTO_START=always
[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./crsctl stat res ora.orcl.db -p | grep
AUTO_START
AUTO_START=always
SQL> shu immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL>
ora.orcl.db
1 OFFLINE OFFLINE
Instance Shutdown
[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./crsctl stop has
CRS-2791: Starting shutdown of Oracle High Availability

Services-managed resources on 'anand-lab'
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.evmd' on 'anand-lab'

.........................
Starting HAS
[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./crsctl start has
Check the status of the resource, the ora.orcl.db resources TARGET and STATE should be
online with db in OPEN mode.
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------

STATE_DETAILS
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
Local Resources
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
ora.DATA.dg
ora.LISTENER.lsnr
ora.asm
Started
ora.ons
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
Cluster Resources
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
ora.cssd
ora.diskmon
ora.evmd
ora.orcl.db
1 ONLINE ONLINE anand-lab Open
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5 thoughts on Oracle Restart 11gR2

1. Mohammed Ayaaz says:
March 19, 2012 at 10:50 PM
You cannot run crsctl stop has for shutting down resources as this is an abrupt shutdown.
Please look into alert log file of database
REPLY
1. Anand says:
March 19, 2012 at 10:53 PM

Yes stopping the OHAS or even CRS using crsctl stop crs on any version of oracle when the
instance is up and running causes the instance to abort.As Oracle restart ensures that various
Oracle components gets automatically restarted after hardware or software failures, hence
showed crsctl stop has to simulate an hardware failure, as in hardware failure oracle instance
wouldnt be shutdown normally.
Regards,
Anand
REPLY
2. KumarTG says:
September 7, 2012 at 12:25 PM

Hi Anand,
Great post on Oracle Restart feature.
i have a question on this feature-
If you shut down the database using srvctl , it caused the TARGET
to be OFFLINE and after starting up CRS it didnt bring up the database.
Is this the correct behaviour?
Please see the log >

$ srvctl stop database -d orcl
$ crsctl stat res -t
NAME TARGET STATE SERVER STATE_DETAILS
Local Resources
ora.DATA.dg
ONLINE ONLINE temp-dba01
ora.DG1.dg
ora.FRA.dg
ora.LISTENER.lsnr
ora.asm
ONLINE ONLINE temp-dba01 Started
ora.ons
OFFLINE OFFLINE temp-dba01
Cluster Resources
ora.cssd
1 ONLINE ONLINE temp-dba01
ora.diskmon
ora.evmd
ora.orcl.db
1 OFFLINE OFFLINE Instance Shutdown
ora.tmp.db
1 OFFLINE OFFLINE
$ crsctl stop has
CRS-2791: Starting shutdown of Oracle High Availability Services-managed resources on
temp-dba01
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop ora.LISTENER.lsnr on temp-dba01
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop ora.evmd on temp-dba01
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop ora.DG1.dg on temp-dba01
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop ora.FRA.dg on temp-dba01
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop ora.DATA.dg on temp-dba01
CRS-2677: Stop of ora.DG1.dg on temp-dba01 succeeded
CRS-2677: Stop of ora.FRA.dg on temp-dba01 succeeded
CRS-2677: Stop of ora.DATA.dg on temp-dba01 succeeded
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop ora.asm on temp-dba01
CRS-2677: Stop of ora.asm on temp-dba01 succeeded
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop ora.cssd on temp-dba01
CRS-2677: Stop of ora.LISTENER.lsnr on temp-dba01 succeeded
CRS-2677: Stop of ora.cssd on temp-dba01 succeeded
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop ora.diskmon on temp-dba01
CRS-2677: Stop of ora.evmd on temp-dba01 succeeded
CRS-2677: Stop of ora.diskmon on temp-dba01 succeeded
CRS-2793: Shutdown of Oracle High Availability Services-managed resources on temp-dba01
has completed
$ crsctl start has
$ crsctl stat res -t
NAME TARGET STATE SERVER STATE_DETAILS
Local Resources
ora.DATA.dg
ONLINE OFFLINE temp-dba01
ora.DG1.dg
ora.FRA.dg
ora.LISTENER.lsnr
ONLINE OFFLINE temp-dba01 STARTING
ora.asm
ora.ons
OFFLINE OFFLINE temp-dba01

Cluster Resources

ora.cssd
1 ONLINE OFFLINE
ora.diskmon
1 ONLINE OFFLINE
ora.evmd
1 ONLINE INTERMEDIATE temp-dba01
ora.orcl.db
1 OFFLINE OFFLINE
ora.tmp.db
1 OFFLINE OFFLINE
REPLY
3. chetan says:
June 25, 2015 at 3:17 PM

Thank you soo much.
This worked perfectly for single node/instance ASM.

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Posted on May 2, 2011 by Anand

CRSCTL utility is used to stop and start Oracle Restart.

[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ps -ef | grep has

oracle 2458 1 0 13:00 ? 00:00:01

[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./srvctl stop asm

PRCR-1065 : Failed to stop resource ora.asm

[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./crsctl stat res ora.orcl.db -p | grep DEPENDENCIES

[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./crsctl stat res ora.asm -p | grep DEPENDENCIES

[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ sqlplus / as sysdba

SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Sun May 1 16:56:14

Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 -

With the Partitioning, Automatic Storage Management, OLAP, Data

and Real Application Testing options

SQL> shu immediate;

ORACLE instance shut down.

[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./crsctl stat res -t

NAME TARGET STATE SERVER

[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./crsctl stat res ora.orcl.db -p | grep

[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./crsctl modify resource ora.orcl.db -attr

ORACLE instance shut down.

CRS-2791: Starting shutdown of Oracle High Availability

CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.evmd' on 'anand-lab'

[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./crsctl start has

CRS-4123: Oracle High Availability Services has been started.

[oracle@anand-lab bin]$ ./crsctl stat res -t

NAME TARGET STATE SERVER

5 thoughts on Oracle Restart 11gR2

March 19, 2012 at 10:53 PM

September 7, 2012 at 12:25 PM

Is this the correct behaviour?

Please see the log >

$ crsctl stat res -t

NAME TARGET STATE SERVER STATE_DETAILS

CRS-4123: Oracle High Availability Services has been started.

$ crsctl stat res -t

NAME TARGET STATE SERVER STATE_DETAILS

June 25, 2015 at 3:17 PM

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