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Best Practice : Corruption in Oracle ASM Header
	APPLIES TO:
	Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.4 and later
	Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
	Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
	Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
	Information in this document applies to any platform.
	PURPOSE
	The purpose of this note is to provide a summary of Best Practices to be adopted while handling Corruption in ASM Header
	SCOPE
	This note applies to Grid Infrastructure for both Clustered and Standalone ASM environment.
	DETAILS
	I. My Oracle Support Document:  How To Restore/Repair/Fix An Overwritten (KFBTYP_INVALID) ASM Disk Header (First 4K) 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7, 11.2 And Onwards
	Document:1088867.1: This document provides an example about “how to restore/repair/fix an overwritten ASM Disk Header (first 4K) on 11.1.0.7 and Onwards”.
	II. My Oracle Support Document: ASM Corruption: Case #1: How To Fix The ASM Disk HEADER_STATUS From FORMER or PROVISIONED to MEMBER
	Document: 1448799.1: This document explains, in detail, the steps required (with an example) to fix the ASM disk header from FORMER or Provisioned to MEMBER under the below scenarios:
	A) Diskgroup was dropped by accident using the "SQL> drop <DG name> diskgroup;" statement.
	B) Or under strange situations as described in the next bug:
	Bug:13331814 ASM DISKS TURNED INTO FORMER WHILE DISKGROUP IS MOUNTED.
	REFERENCES
	NOTE:1088867.1 - How To Restore/Repair/Fix An Overwritten (KFBTYP_INVALID) ASM Disk Header (First 4K) 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7, 11.2 And Onwards
	NOTE:1448799.1 - ASM Corruption: Case #1: How To Fix The ASM Disk HEADER_STATUS From FORMER or PROVISIONED To MEMBER.
