Fatal NI connect error 12547, connecting to: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)(PROGRAM=/u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/oracle)(ARGV0=oracle+ASM1_m000_orcl1)(ENVS='ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/11.2.0/grid,ORACLE_SID=+ASM1')(ARGS='(DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)))'))(enable=setuser)(CONNECT_DATA=(CID=(PROGRAM=oracle)(HOST=oracle11gasm01)(USER=oracle))))
VERSION INFORMATION: TNS for Linux: Version 11.2.0.4.0 - Production Oracle Bequeath NT Protocol Adapter for Linux: Version 11.2.0.4.0 - Production Time: 29-MAY-2026 13:19:39 Tracing not turned on. Tns error struct: ns main err code: 12547
TNS-12547: TNS:lost contact ns secondary err code: 12560 nt main err code: 517
TNS-00517: Lost contact nt secondary err code: 32 nt OS err code: 0 ERROR: Failed to connect with connect string: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)(PROGRAM=/u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/oracle)(ARGV0=oracle+ASM1_m000_orcl1)(ENVS='ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/11.2.0/grid,ORACLE_SID=+ASM1')(ARGS='(DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)))'))(enable=setuser)) WARNING: ASM communication error: op 0 state 0x0 (15055) ERROR: direct connection failure with ASM
Cause
The PROGRAM=/u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/oracle file permission is incorrect.
~]$ ls -l $GRID_HOME/bin/oracle -rwxr-x--x 1 grid oinstall 209840352 May 29 15:06 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/oracle
Solution
~]$ chmod 6755 $GRID_HOME/bin/oracle
~]$ ls -l $GRID_HOME/bin/oracle -rwsr-sr-x 1 grid oinstall 209840352 May 29 15:06 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/oracle