PRCR-1079 : Failed to start resource ora.oc4j

 OR 

CRS-2501: Resource 'ora.oc4j' is disabled

After the installer of 11gR2 Grid home when tried to check the status of the component, I found that two of them i.e. GSD and OC4J were not started. While gsd is mainly needed for the backward comptability with 10g its not mendatory to have it running with 11g DB. Hence by default it is disabled and one can enable it as and when needed.


[oracle@appsractest bin]$ ./crs_stat -t
Name           Type           Target    State     Host        
------------------------------------------------------------
ora.DATA.dg    ora....up.type ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 
ora....ER.lsnr ora....er.type ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 
ora....N1.lsnr ora....er.type ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 
ora....SM1.asm application    ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 
ora....ST.lsnr application    ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 
ora....est.gsd application    OFFLINE   OFFLINE               
ora....est.ons application    ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 
ora....est.vip ora....t1.type ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 
ora.asm        ora.asm.type   ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 
ora.eons       ora.eons.type  ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 
ora.gsd        ora.gsd.type   OFFLINE   OFFLINE               
ora....network ora....rk.type ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 
ora.oc4j       ora.oc4j.type  OFFLINE   OFFLINE               
ora.ons        ora.ons.type   ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 
ora....ry.acfs ora....fs.type ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 
ora.scan1.vip  ora....ip.type ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 

-- When tried to start it manually, it says...

[oracle@appsractest bin]$ ./srvctl start oc4j -v

OC4J could not be started

PRCR-1079 : Failed to start resource ora.oc4j

CRS-2501: Resource 'ora.oc4j' is disabled

-- So I tried to enable it and start it manually as follows

[oracle@appsractest bin]$ ./srvctl enable oc4j

[oracle@appsractest bin]$ ./srvctl start oc4j -v

OC4J has been started

-- After that I tried to fix the issue with GSD as follows

[oracle@appsractest bin]$ ./srvctl enable nodeapps -v

GSD is enabled successfully on node(s): appsractest

PRKO-2415 : VIP is already enabled on node(s): appsractest

PRKO-2416 : Network resource is already enabled.

PRKO-2417 : ONS is already enabled on node(s): appsractest

PRKO-2418 : eONS is already enabled on node(s): appsractest

[oracle@appsractest bin]$ ./srvctl start nodeapps

PRKO-2421 : Network resource is already started on node(s): appsractest

PRKO-2420 : VIP is already started on node(s): appsractest

PRKO-2422 : ONS is already started on node(s): appsractest

PRKO-2423 : eONS is already started on node(s): appsractest

[oracle@appsractest bin]$ ./crs_stat -t

Name           Type           Target    State     Host        

------------------------------------------------------------

ora.DATA.dg    ora....up.type ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 

ora....ER.lsnr ora....er.type ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 

ora....N1.lsnr ora....er.type ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 

ora....SM1.asm application    ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 

ora....ST.lsnr application    ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 

ora....est.gsd application    ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 

ora....est.ons application    ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 

ora....est.vip ora....t1.type ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 

ora.asm        ora.asm.type   ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 

ora.eons       ora.eons.type  ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 

ora.gsd        ora.gsd.type   ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 

ora....network ora....rk.type ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 

ora.oc4j       ora.oc4j.type  ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 

ora.ons        ora.ons.type   ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 

ora....ry.acfs ora....fs.type ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 

ora.scan1.vip  ora....ip.type ONLINE    ONLINE    appsractest 

As you can see now both of them are now started successfully and you can go ahead with remaining of your setup.