How to fix the Oracle error CRS-04258: Addition and deletion of voting files are not allowed because the voting files are on ASM?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorCRS-04258: Addition and deletion of voting files are not allowed because the voting files are on ASM with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

CRS-04258: Addition and deletion of voting files are not allowed because the voting files are on ASM

Reason for the Error CRS-04258: Addition and deletion of voting files are not allowed because the voting files are on ASM

Cause: A voting file add or delete request was issued, but voting files have been configured on ASM storage. Once voting files are configured for ASM, changes in the configuration can be made only with ‘crsctl replace votedisk’.

How to fix the Error CRS-04258: Addition and deletion of voting files are not allowed because the voting files are on ASM ?

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

Action: Use ‘crsctl replace votedisk’ to modify the voting file configuration.