Category: Exadata

The DR site faced dual disk failure, causing database and cluster failures. ASM issue triggered rebalancing, leading to additional disk failures. Recovery attempts failed, resulting in loss of standby databases and DATA disk group.

On a typically busy Monday at the office, a storage server experienced multiple disk failures, causing a reboot and loss of grid disks. Investigation revealed cacheContentLost status due to a flashdisk failure and import failure. The team resolved the issue by recreating the grid disks and replacing the faulty disks. To prevent future occurrences, they updated the Exadata server image. The problem has not recurred since.