How to fix the Oracle error ORA-15305: cannot operate on ASM internal files?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-15305: cannot operate on ASM internal files with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-15305: cannot operate on ASM internal files

Reason for the Error ORA-15305: cannot operate on ASM internal files

An attempt was made to operate on Automatic Storage Management (ASM) metadata used to manage the diskgroup.

How to fix the Error ORA-15305: cannot operate on ASM internal files ?

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

Check the specified ASM file name.