Asm Health Checker Found 1 New Failures Updated 2021

What Does This Message Mean?

This message comes from Oracle ASM (Automatic Storage Management) , typically when you run:

Command: adrci> show alert -p "message_text like '%error%'". asm health checker found 1 new failures updated

1. Disk errors or failures: Physical disk errors or failures can cause ASM health checker failures.
2. ASM configuration issues: Incorrect or inconsistent ASM configuration can lead to health checker failures.
3. Performance bottlenecks: Performance issues with disks, ASM instances, or database operations can trigger health checker failures.
4. Connectivity problems: Issues with connections between ASM instances, databases, and storage devices can cause health checker failures.

The ASM health checker periodically runs and checks for various conditions that could affect the performance, availability, or integrity of the storage. When it finds a new failure or an update to an existing failure, it logs an alert. The alert "asm health checker found 1 new failures updated" typically indicates: What Does This Message Mean

: ASM relies heavily on an internal MySQL database. Check for database corruption or space issues by running tmsh load sys config verify or reviewing /var/log/asm for SQL-related errors. Utilize iHealth Diagnostics : Generate a file and upload it to the F5 iHealth portal Disk errors or failures : Physical disk errors

Step 3: Review OS and Storage Logs

If the SQL diagnostics point to a disk or path failure, move to the operating system level: