APPLIES TO:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 to 12.1.0.2 [Release 12.1]
Oracle Database - Standard Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 to 12.1.0.2 [Release 12.1]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
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SYMPTOMS

"crsctl ctop has" and "crsctl start has" does not show any issues. When we tried to start with "/etc/init.d/ohasd start" or the system restart then we had below message:

# /etc/init.d/ohasd start
/etc/init.d/ohasd: line 168: ulimit: %CRS_LIMIT_OPENFILE%: invalid number
Starting ohasd:
CRS-4123: Oracle High Availability Services has been started.

But the services and everything seems to be fine except this error message at startup

CAUSE

Due to Bug 19353647 - OHASD START UNABLE TO INSTANTIATE %CRS_LIMIT_OPENFILE% which was closed as duplicate of internal Bug 18910576 - LNX64-12.1-DEINST-SCF: NOT INSTANTIATED CRS_LIMIT_OPENFILE IN INIT.OHASD SCRIPT

SOLUTION

Bug 18910576 is fixed in 12.2, request a patch if it's not available.

REFERENCES

BUG:19353647  - OHASD START UNABLE TO INSTANTIATE %CRS_LIMIT_OPENFILE%