A Administering Automatic Storage Management

This appendix discusses using Automatic Storage Management (ASM). ASM is Oracle's recommended storage management solution that provides an alternative to conventional volume managers, file systems, and raw devices. This chapter includes the following topics:

• About Automatic Storage Management

• Overview of Disks, Disk Groups, and Failure Groups

• Installing Automatic Storage Management

• Accessing the Automatic Storage Management Home Page

• Monitoring Disk Group Space Usage

• Creating a Disk Group

• Dropping a Disk Group

• Adding Disks to a Disk Group

• Dropping Disks from a Disk Group

• Backing Up ASM-Managed Files

• Automatic Storage Management: Oracle By Example Series