ORA-15040 ORA-15042 with EXTERNAL redundancy Diskgroup

A colleague was working on an ASM issue (Standalone one, Version 11.2.0.3 on AIX) at one of the customer sites. Later on, I also joined him. The issue was that the customer added few news disks to an existing diskgroup. Everything went well and the rebalance kicked in. After some time, something happened and all of a sudden the diskgroup was dismounted. While trying the mount the diskgroup again, it was giving ...

November 3, 2017 at 11:27 PM · 4 min · 715 words · Amardeep Sidhu

ERROR: SPFile in diskgroup <> does not match the specified spfile

Just a stupid error. Posting it so that someone else googling for the same thing can get a clue. An ASM instance running with default parameters (no pfile, no spfile). Updated spfile for the instance with asmcmd spset command and bounced crs. After reboot also, it still wasn’t using spfile. Got puzzled and checked GPnP settings again. All looked good. Then in alert log came across this [text]ERROR: SPFile in diskgroup <> does not match the specified spfile +DATA/asm/asmparameterfile/registry.253.769187275[/text] ...

September 20, 2016 at 10:12 PM · 1 min · 120 words · Amardeep Sidhu

aap hain kyon khafa kuch pata to chale

Melody ! aap hain kyon khafa, kuch pata to chale hai meri kya khata, kuch pata to chale (khafa - angry, khata - fault) aaj chehre pe rang-e-udaasi hai kyon ae mere dilruba kuch pata to chale aapke aur mere pyar ke darmiyaan kyon hai ye faasila kuch pata to chale main agar bewafa hoon to yun hi sahi kaun hai bawafa kuch pata to chale (bawafa - faithful) आप हैं क्यों खफा, कुछ पता तो चले है मेरी क्या खता, कुछ पता तो चले ...

July 21, 2012 at 11:14 PM · 1 min · 126 words · Amardeep Sidhu

kyo tu acha lagta hai

Some amazing poetry at the end of Attaullah Khan’s performance of pyar naal na sahi in Coke Studio season 4. kyo tu acha lagta hai waqt mila to sochenge tujh mein kya kya dekha hai waqt mila to sochenge saara shahar shanaasai ka daawedaar to hai lekin (shanaasai - Acquaintance) kaun hamara apna hai waqt mila to sochenge humne usko likha tha kuch milne ki tadbeer karo (Tadbir - plan, arrangement) usne likhkar bheja hai waqt mila to sochenge mausam, khusboo, baad-e-sabaa, chand, shafaq aur taaron mein (baad-e-sabaa - Morning Breeze, shafaq - rainbow) kaun tumaare jaisa hai waqt mila to sochenge ya to apne dil ki maano ya fir dunia walon ki mashwara uska acha hai (mashwara - advice) waqt mila to sochenge kyon tu acha lagta hai waqt mila to sochenge ...

February 26, 2012 at 11:25 PM · 2 min · 308 words · Amardeep Sidhu

beqarar tanhaiyon ka silsila reh jayega

A very simple and beautiful ghazal by Ghulam Ali. I don’t know the name of the writer. If you know please post in the comments. You can listen to it here. beqarar tanhaiyon ka silsila reh jayega tere mere darmiyan bas ek khala reh jayega (khala - space, distance, vacuum) aks beh jayenge saare dhoop ke sailaab mein aur koi paanion mein jhaankta reh jayega tere mere darmiyan bas ek khala reh jayega (aks - image, reflection | sailaab - flood | jhaankta - looking) ...

January 3, 2012 at 10:23 PM · 3 min · 557 words · Amardeep Sidhu

wohi palkon ka jhapkana

A wonderul ghazal by Ghulam Ali. I don’t know the name of the writer. If you know please leave a comment. wohi palkon ka jhapkana wohi jaadu tere sare andaaz chura lai hai khushbu tere tujh se main jism churata tha magar ilam na tha mera saaye se lipat jayenge baazu tere wohi palkon ka jhapkana wohi jaadu tere sare andaaz chura lai hai khushbu tere teri aankhon mein pighalti rahi soorat meri meri tasveer pe girte rahe aansu tere wohi palkon ka jhapkana wohi jaadu tere sare andaaz chura lai hai khushbu tere ...

January 13, 2009 at 8:05 PM · 1 min · 179 words · Amardeep Sidhu

har chand sahara hai tere pyar ka dil ko

A wonderful ghazal by Nayara Noor. har chand sahara hai tere pyar ka dil ko rehta hai magar ik ajab khauf sa dil ko woh khawab k dekha na kabhi le uda neendein woh dard k utha na kabhi kha gaya dil ko rehta hai magar ik ajab khauf sa dil ko yahan saans ka lena b guzar jana hai jee se yahan marka-e-ishq bhi ik khel qatil ko rehta hai magar ik ajab khauf sa dil ko ...

December 2, 2008 at 3:09 AM · 2 min · 283 words · Amardeep Sidhu

kade pattian di gal...

An awesome poetry. I don’t know the name of the writer. Gurdeep Singh sung this in his second album Hook. The whole album is a must listen. Awesome poetry and voice ! kade pattian gi gal kade tahnian di gal sanu das ja ni vaaye sade hanian di gal kade pattian di gal… kade soorjan ton puchan kade tarian ton puchan maruthal te jhana de kinarian ton puchan koi dasda na lang chukke panian di gal kade pattian di gal… ...

August 24, 2008 at 10:03 AM · 2 min · 254 words · Amardeep Sidhu

chale to kat hi jeyga safar...

One of my all time favourite songs. Beautifully sung by Musarrat Nazir. Awesome lyrics: chale to kat hi jeyga safar ahista ahista hum uske paas jate the magar ahista ahista abi taaron se khelo chand ki kirno se ithlao milegi uske chehre ki sahar ahista ahista (ithlao - play with) dareecho ko to dekho chilmanon ke raaz to samjho uthayenge parda haye baam-o-dar ahista ahista (dareecho - ?,chilmanon - ?, baam - housetop or roof, dar - door) ...

June 14, 2008 at 11:51 AM · 3 min · 477 words · Amardeep Sidhu

Punjab

One of my friend sent some paintings in a mail. Just reminded me of those golden old days. So thought about posting here. A kite flying scene from a village where 3 kids are getting ready to fly their machine in the air. These ready made kites are today’s play. In those days kids used to make kites on their own, either from polythene bags or newspapers. ---—————————————————————————————————————————————————————- A young boy tie’ing his turban. See how he has adjusted the mirror :) ...

January 7, 2008 at 8:09 PM · 2 min · 257 words · Amardeep Sidhu