Unable to start Oracle database due to IO errors

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • While starting the Oracle database following error messages are observed and the database could not be started:

    ORA-19502: wtite error on file "/opt/oracle/logfile.ctl", block number 659 (block size=16384)
    ORA-27072: File I/O error
    [...]
    LGWR (ospid: 2444): terminating the instance due to error 19502
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
  • Oracle databse

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