How to fix the Oracle error INS-40416: The installer has detected that the version of the configured instance of Grid Infrastructure is not compatible for upgrading to this release of Grid Infrastructure.?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorINS-40416: The installer has detected that the version of the configured instance of Grid Infrastructure is not compatible for upgrading to this release of Grid Infrastructure. with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

INS-40416: The installer has detected that the version of the configured instance of Grid Infrastructure is not compatible for upgrading to this release of Grid Infrastructure.

Reason for the Error INS-40416: The installer has detected that the version of the configured instance of Grid Infrastructure is not compatible for upgrading to this release of Grid Infrastructure.

Cause: Oracle Clusterware or Oracle ASM release string or above is needed to upgrade to Oracle Grid Infrastructure.

How to fix the Error INS-40416: The installer has detected that the version of the configured instance of Grid Infrastructure is not compatible for upgrading to this release of Grid Infrastructure. ?

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

Action: Install the patchset to upgrade the configured instance of Grid Infrastructure to version string or higher.