How to fix the Oracle error ORA-15487: cannot shutdown the ASM instance with an open ASM volume?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-15487: cannot shutdown the ASM instance with an open ASM volume with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-15487: cannot shutdown the ASM instance with an open ASM volume

Reason for the Error ORA-15487: cannot shutdown the ASM instance with an open ASM volume

One or more ASM volumes were found to be open during shutdown.

How to fix the Error ORA-15487: cannot shutdown the ASM instance with an open ASM volume ?

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

Close the ASM volume and retry the shutdown.