This section includes the following topics for managing voting files in your cluster:
Caution:
The dd commands used to back up and recover voting files in previous versions of Oracle Clusterware are not supported in Oracle Clusterware 12c. Restoring voting files that were copied using dd or cp commands can prevent the Oracle Clusterware 12c stack from coming up. Use the backup and restore procedures described in this chapter to ensure proper voting file functionality.
Note:
Voting file management requires a valid and working OCR. Before you add, delete, replace, or restore voting files, run the ocrcheck command as root. If OCR is not available or it is corrupt, then you must restore OCR as described in "Restoring Oracle Cluster Registry".
If you upgrade from a previous version of Oracle Clusterware to Oracle Clusterware 12c and you want to store voting files in an Oracle ASM disk group, then you must set the ASM Compatibility (COMPATIBLE.ASM) compatibility attribute to 12.1.0.0.
See Also:
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide for information about setting Oracle ASM compatibility attributes