How to fix the Oracle error CRS-01714: Unable to discover any voting files, retrying discovery in number seconds; Details at string in string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorCRS-01714: Unable to discover any voting files, retrying discovery in number seconds; Details at string in string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

CRS-01714: Unable to discover any voting files, retrying discovery in number seconds; Details at string in string

Reason for the Error CRS-01714: Unable to discover any voting files, retrying discovery in number seconds; Details at string in string

Cause: No voting files were discovered. Possible reasons include:

– The filesystems the voting files are on are not available

– The voting files have been deleted

– The voting files are corrupted

How to fix the Error CRS-01714: Unable to discover any voting files, retrying discovery in number seconds; Details at string in string ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Action: Verify that the filesystems that the voting files are on are active and that the voting files have not been damaged. If necessary, start the clusterware stack in exclusive mode using ‘crsctl start crs -excl’ and add voting files using ‘crsctl add css votedisk’