Srvctl start fails for one node due to invalid username / password.

User_PVGP0

Release 19.0.0

OS : RHEL 7

I'm getting the following error on one node of a 2 node rac.

srvctl start database -db abccdb

CRS-5017: The resource action "ora.abccdb.db start" encountered the following error:

ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied

/apps/oracle/product/19.0.0/db/bin> srvctl status database -db abccdb

Instance abccdb1 is not running on node db1-1

Instance abccdb2 is running on node db1-2

Changed the password for sys on node 1 using the orapwd utility as well as in the database.

orapwd file=/apps/oracle/product/19.0.0/db/dbs/orapwabccdb password=<newpassword>

./srvctl config database -db abccdb

Database unique name: abccdb

Database name:

Oracle home: /apps/oracle/product/19.0.0/db

Oracle user: oracle

Spfile: +DATA/ABCCDB/PARAMETERFILE/spfile.1610.1043254455

Password file: /apps/oracle/product/12.1.0/db/dbs/orapwabccdb

note that the password file is pointing to  12.1 home in srvctl. I copied the new  password file to 12.1 home , but still no luck.

any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

BPeaslandDBA

Why do you have two different versions of Oracle for this RAC database? You can't do that.

Also, if you put your password file on shared storage, all instances can find it without having to copy it around.

Cheers,

Brian

User_PVGP0

2 different homes on the same server.

The idea is to have the password file in ASM. However I need to resolve this before I move forward.