Kevin ASM instance cannot be created if CSS is not running and so even dbca will propt you to run "localconfig add" so that it can create the ASM storage instance. Any insight experience Sanjay Kevin Closson <kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>Now regarding CSS. In my understanding it has nothing to do >>>with association of diskgroup to ASM instance. As I >>>mentioned this is controlled by you or ASM instance at >>>startup base on init.ora parameter ASM_DISKGROUPS. What CSS >>>is tracking is association between database instance and ASM >>>instance that it's connected to. not to be picky, but CSS has nothing to do with ASM to instance association...CSS is mrely voting...the involved bits are CRS and OCR. ATONTI, out -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com