CRS-2415: Resource 'ora.asm' cannot be registered

CRS-2415: Resource 'ora.asm' cannot be registered

PRCR-1071 : Failed to register or update resource ora.asm

ERROR: CRS-2415, PRCR-1071, PRCA-1003

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During the Upgrade of GRID_HOME to the new version in my case from 11.2.0.3 to 12.2.0.1 getting following error.

PRCA-1003 : Failed to create ASM asm resource ora.asm

PRCR-1071 : Failed to register or update resource ora.asm

CRS-2415: Resource 'ora.asm' cannot be registered because its owner 'root' is not the same as the Oracle Restart user 'oracle'.

Let us fix the Issue.

This is due to Bug 25183818

The Patch needs to be applied to 12.2 Home.

 (Doc ID 2246888.1)

We need to install following Patch on new 12c Grid_HOME.

p25183818_12201190716OCWJUL2019RU_Linux-x86-64.zip

As root user.

 export PATH=$PATH:/apps/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/grid_12c/OPatch

/apps/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/grid_12c/OPatch/opatchauto apply /download/Bug_25183818/25183818 -oh /apps/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/grid_12c

You see the failed error at the end. You can ignore it. However, this is fine because "Binary patch applied successfully"

Start applying binary patch on home /apps/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/grid_12c

Binary patch applied successfully on home /apps/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/grid_12c

Starting CRS service on home /apps/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/grid_12c

Failed to start CRS service on home /apps/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/grid_12c

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OPatchAuto failed.

opatchauto failed with error code 42