ASMSNMP user in ASM 11g (user creation/password change)

We generally receive few errors related to asmsnmp user while using ASM. Few of them are :

Could not validate ASMSNMP password due to following error- “ORA-01031: insufficient privileges”
ORA-01990: error opening password file ‘/u02/app/11.2.0/grid/dbs/orapw’
ORA-15306: ASM password file update failed on at least one node
ORA-01918: user ‘ASMSNMP’ does not exist

Mostly the reason is missing asmsnmp user or missing password file in ASM instances.

1. How to create asmsnmp user
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First Check which all users are present for ASM >>

SQL> select * from v$pwfile_users;

no rows selected

OR

ASMCMD> lspwusr

Username sysdba sysoper sysasm

This shows no user are present

A) Create a password file if not already present

$orapwd file=/u01/app/11.2.0/grid/dbs/orapw+ASM password=<sys_password>

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Remember below important point about password file in ASM

If there are two nodes with +ASM1 running on node 1 and +ASM2 running on node2.

— Pre 11gR2 —
Password file on Node1: orapw+ASM1
Password file on Node2: orapw+ASM2
— 11gR2 —
Password file on Node1: orapw+ASM
Password file on Node2: orapw+ASM

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B) Copy the password file to other nodes

$ scp orapw+ASM <Node2>:/u01/app/11.2.0/grid/dbs/

copy the password files to other nodes if you have more than 2 nodes in the RAC.

C) create user and give sysdba privileges

SQL>create user asmsnmp identified by <make_asmsnmp_password>;

SQL> grant sysdba to asmsnmp;

Check again for users in ASM  >>

SQL> select * from v$pwfile_users;

USERNAME              SYSDB                SYSOP             SYSAS
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SYS                    TRUE                TRUE                 TRUE
ASMSNMP                TRUE                FALSE                FALSE

SQL> show parameter pass

NAME                                   TYPE                            VALUE
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remote_login_passwordfile             string                          EXCLUSIVE

The ASM instance parameter “REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE” has to be set to EXCLUSIVE or you will get an ORA-01999 error.

Also you can check  user detials from asmcmd

ASMCMD> lspwusr
Username        sysdba         sysoper       sysasm

SYS             TRUE           TRUE          FALSE
ASMSNMP         TRUE           FALSE         FALSE

How to Change password for ASMSNMP
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ASMCMD> lspwusr

Username  sysdba sysoper sysasm
SYS       TRUE   TRUE     TRUE
ASMSNMP   TRUE   FALSE    FALSE

ASMCMD> orapwusr –-modify –-password ASMSNMP

Enter password: *******
(give new password and press enter)

orapwusr attempts to update passwords on all nodes in a cluster. The command requires the SYSASM privilege to run. A user logged in as SYSDBA cannot change its password using this command.

Test new asmsnmp password >>

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$ sqlplus asmsnmp/asmsnmp as sysdba

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