Database Error Messages

ORA-15201

disk string contains a valid RDBMS file or foreign volume

Cause

A disk specified in a CREATE DISKGROUP or ALTER DISKGROUP ... ADD DISK command appeared to contain a file from an existing database or a foreign volume. By default, as a safeguard against damaging an existing database or foreign volume, ASM does not allow a disk group to be created using this disk.


Action

Check that the ASM disk specification is correct. Otherwise, when storage from a defunct database or unmounted foreign volume is reused as part of an ASM disk group, specify the FORCE option to the ASM SQL command. See the alert log for more information.