Hi Folks, I've been trying to build myself an RHEL 5.3 32-bit 11gR2 2 node RAC on ESXi V4.0 Its only to play with to learn the new features. It all goes well until the root.sh script on node 2 is run, /u01/app/oraInventory/orainstRoot.sh runs fine on both. /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/root.sh runs without error on node1, then fails at octssd: . . CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.diskmon' on 'vmnode2' CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.diskmon' on 'vmnode2' succeeded CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.cssd' on 'vmnode2' succeeded CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.ctssd' on 'vmnode2' Start action for octssd aborted CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.ctssd' on 'vmnode2' succeeded CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.drivers.acfs' on 'vmnode2' CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.asm' on 'vmnode2' CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.drivers.acfs' on 'vmnode2' succeeded CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.asm' on 'vmnode2' succeeded CRS-2664: Resource 'ora.ctssd' is already running on 'vmnode2' CRS-4000: Command Start failed, or completed with errors. Command return code of 1 (256) from command: /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/crsctl start resource ora.asm -init Start of resource "ora.asm -init" failed Failed to start ASM Failed to start Oracle Clusterware stack I have tried with NTP configured and working correctly, putting octssd into observer mode, and also with /etc/ntpd.conf moved putting octssd into active mode. Both ways fails on node2. With octssd in Active mode (not using NTP) this is what I get in node 2's octssd.log 2010-01-12 08:31:28.735: [ CTSS][3009731472]sclsctss_gvss8: Return [0] and NTP status [1]. 2010-01-12 08:31:28.735: [ CTSS][3009731472]ctss_check_vendor_sw: Vendor time sync software is not detected. status [1]. 2010-01-12 08:31:57.659: [ CTSS][2978261904]ctss_checkcb: clsdm requested check alive. Returns [40] 2010-01-12 08:31:58.735: [ CTSS][3009731472]sclsctss_gvss2: NTP default pid file not found 2010-01-12 08:31:58.735: [ CTSS][3009731472]sclsctss_gvss8: Return [0] and NTP status [1]. 2010-01-12 08:31:58.735: [ CTSS][3009731472]ctss_check_vendor_sw: Vendor time sync software is not detected. status [1]. 2010-01-12 08:32:27.657: [ CTSS][2978261904]ctss_checkcb: clsdm requested check alive. Returns [40] 2010-01-12 08:32:28.737: [ CTSS][3009731472]sclsctss_gvss2: NTP default pid file not found 2010-01-12 08:32:28.737: [ CTSS][3009731472]sclsctss_gvss8: Return [0] and NTP status [1]. 2010-01-12 08:32:28.737: [ CTSS][3009731472]ctss_check_vendor_sw: Vendor time sync software is not detected. status [1]. On node1 all looks good (I think): [oracle@vmnode1 bin]$ ./cluvfy comp clocksync -verbose Verifying Clock Synchronization across the cluster nodes Checking if Clusterware is installed on all nodes... Check of Clusterware install passed Checking if CTSS Resource is running on all nodes... Check: CTSS Resource running on all nodes Node Name Status ------------------------------------ ------------------------ vmnode1 passed Result: CTSS resource check passed Querying CTSS for time offset on all nodes... Result: Query of CTSS for time offset passed Check CTSS state started... Check: CTSS state Node Name State ------------------------------------ ------------------------ vmnode1 Active CTSS is in Active state. Proceeding with check of clock time offsets on all nodes... Reference Time Offset Limit: 1000.0 msecs Check: Reference Time Offset Node Name Time Offset Status ------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ vmnode1 0.0 passed Time offset is within the specified limits on the following set of nodes: "[vmnode1]" Result: Check of clock time offsets passed Oracle Cluster Time Synchronization Services check passed Verification of Clock Synchronization across the cluster nodes was successful. I can't find anything out there about this.... one link that looked promising about ctssd was http://www.rachelp.nl/index_kb.php?menu=articles&actie=show&id=60 but I'm still stuck :-( Any help would be much appreciated. Regards Tony