I am running single instance Oracle instance with ASM and getting few problems RHAT system crashed and when came back, I tried to start ASM instance I got error Connected to an idle instance. SQL> startup ORA-29701: unable to connect to Cluster Manager SQL> exit Disconnected I tried to start it using Superuser Root account $ su Password: # /etc/init.d/init.cssd start Startup will be queued to init within 90 seconds. # -ef|grep css root 6346 6290 0 15:19 pts/1 00:00:00 grep css It is still not back and I even tried init.cssd start/Manualstart Any suggestion as this happen few time and last time I used the following $ORACLE_HOME/bin/localconfig reset /home/oracle/10.2.0 TIA Sanjay --------------------------------- Sponsored Link Get an Online or Campus degree - Associate's, Bachelor's, or Master's - in less than one year.