Asm Health Checker Found 1 New Failures Apr 2026

WARNING: ASM Health Checker found 1 new failure Details: Disk group DATA, disk DATA_0000 is offline Connect to ASM instance:

The message “found 1 new failure” means the checker detected a new problem since its last run—this could be a missing disk, offline path, corrupt metadata, or accessibility issue. a. Check the ASM Alert Log # As grid user cd $ORACLE_BASE/diag/asm/+asm/+ASM1/trace tail -100 alert_+ASM1.log | grep -i "health\|failure\|error" Look for entries like: asm health checker found 1 new failures

Here’s a deep technical guide to understanding and resolving the message in Oracle Grid Infrastructure / ASM environments. 1. What Is the ASM Health Checker? The ASM Health Checker is a background process ( ASMB or GMON -related) that periodically validates the integrity and configuration of Oracle ASM (Automatic Storage Management) disk groups, disks, and metadata. It runs automatically as part of the ASM instance or via CRSCTL utilities. WARNING: ASM Health Checker found 1 new failure

SELECT * FROM V$ASM_HEALTH_CHECKER_HISTORY ORDER BY CHECK_TIME DESC FETCH FIRST 10 ROWS ONLY; SELECT * FROM V$ASM_OPERATION WHERE STATE='FAILED'; It runs automatically as part of the ASM

-- Purge old health records DELETE FROM SYS.ASM_HEALTH_CHECKER_HISTORY WHERE CHECK_TIME < SYSDATE - 7; COMMIT; -- Force a fresh check EXEC DBMS_SCHEDULER.RUN_JOB('SYS.ASM_HEALTH_CHECKER_JOB', false);