ORA-15477: cannot communicate with the volume driver (DBD ERROR: OCIStmtExecute)

August 8, 2020 Leave a comment

Problem:

I had GI Standalone installation, which I’ve deconfigured and configured one node RAC which was successful. Then I’ve tried to create ACFS volume which failed with ORA-15477:

[root@host1 dbs]# asmcmd volcreate -G OGG -s 10G ACFSGG
ORA-15032: not all alterations performed
ORA-15477: cannot communicate with the volume driver (DBD ERROR: OCIStmtExecute)

Reason:

It seems the ACFS/ADMV modules are not loaded:

[root@host1 dbs]# lsmod | grep oracle
oracleacfs           5921415  0
oracleadvm           1236257  0
oracleoks             750688  2 oracleacfs,oracleadvm

Solution:

First of all, I will share two possible solutions, that helped others but not me and one possible solution (3rd) that helped me:

  1. Start module manualy and make sure it’s enabled:
# acfsload start
# acfsload enable

Check if modules is loaded using lsmod | grep oracle and retry volume creation.

2. Reinstall acfs/admv modules manually:

[root@host1 dbs]# acfsroot install
ACFS-9300: ADVM/ACFS distribution files found.
ACFS-9314: Removing previous ADVM/ACFS installation.
depmod: ERROR: fstatat(6, uds.ko): No such file or directory
depmod: ERROR: fstatat(6, kvdo.ko): No such file or directory
ACFS-9315: Previous ADVM/ACFS components successfully removed.
ACFS-9294: updating file /etc/sysconfig/oracledrivers.conf
ACFS-9307: Installing requested ADVM/ACFS software.
ACFS-9294: updating file /etc/sysconfig/oracledrivers.conf
ACFS-9308: Loading installed ADVM/ACFS drivers.
ACFS-9321: Creating udev for ADVM/ACFS.
ACFS-9323: Creating module dependencies - this may take some time.
depmod: ERROR: fstatat(6, uds.ko): No such file or directory
depmod: ERROR: fstatat(6, kvdo.ko): No such file or directory
ACFS-9390: The command 'echo '/lib/modules/3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64/extra/usm/oracleadvm.ko
/lib/modules/3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64/extra/usm/oracleoks.ko
/lib/modules/3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64/extra/usm/oracleacfs.ko
' | /sbin/weak-modules --no-initramfs --add-modules 3.10.0-1127.18.2.el7.x86_64 2>&1 |' returned unexpected output that may be important for system configuration:
depmod: ERROR: fstatat(6, kvdo.ko): No such file or directory

depmod: ERROR: fstatat(6, uds.ko): No such file or directory

depmod: ERROR: fstatat(6, uds.ko): No such file or directory

depmod: ERROR: fstatat(6, kvdo.ko): No such file or directory

ACFS-9154: Loading 'oracleoks.ko' driver.
ACFS-9154: Loading 'oracleadvm.ko' driver.
ACFS-9154: Loading 'oracleacfs.ko' driver.
ACFS-9327: Verifying ADVM/ACFS devices.
ACFS-9156: Detecting control device '/dev/asm/.asm_ctl_spec'.
ACFS-9156: Detecting control device '/dev/ofsctl'.
ACFS-9309: ADVM/ACFS installation correctness verified.

Retry volume creation.

If none of the above helps, do the 3rd solution (which is not available on the internet, it was my decision):

3. Rebuild initramfs

[root@host1 ~]# cp -p /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img.bak
[root@host1 ~]# dracut -f
[root@host1 ~]# reboot

After restart, you should be able to create volume.

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