Configure an Oracle ASM Instance

-configureASM configures or creates an Oracle ASM instance.

Syntax

asmca -silent
     -configureASM
       [-sysAsmPassword sysasm_password ]
       [ -asmsnmpPassword asm_monitor_password ] 
       [ { -param paramname=paramvalue , ... } ]
       [ { -diskString discovery_path
        { -diskGroupName diskgroup
         { -disk disk_path [-diskName disk]  |
          -diskList disk_list 
              [-diskSize disk_size_MB] 
              [-failuregroup failure_group] 
              [-force|-noforce] 
              [-quorum|-noquorum]  }
       [ -redundancy { HIGH | NORMAL | EXTERNAL } ] } ]
       [-au_size value]
       [-compatible.asm value ]
       [-compatible.rdbms value ]
       [-compatible.advm value ] }

Table 9-3 contains the options available with the -configureASM command.

Table 9-3 Options for the -configureASM command

Option	Description
`-param` `paramname=paramvalue` , ...	Specifies a list of initialization parameters with values for the Oracle ASM instance.
`-diskString` `discovery_path`	Specifies the Oracle ASM discovery string for locating disks.
`-diskGroupName` `diskgroup`	Specifies the name of the Oracle ASM disk group to create.
`-disk` `disk_path`	Specifies the full path of the disk device.
`-diskName` `disk`	Specifies a user-supplied disk name.
`-diskList` `disk_list`	Specifies a comma-delimited list of disk names to be added to the disk group.
`-diskSize` `disk_size_MB`	Specifies the size of the disk to use for Oracle ASM storage.
`-failuregroup` `failure_group`	Specifies the failure group name.
`-force` \| `-noforce`	Specifies where to force the use of the disk.
`-quorum` \| `-noquorum`	Specifies a quorum or standard failure group.
`-redundancy` { `HIGH` \| `NORMAL` \| `EXTERNAL`}	Specifies the redundancy setting for the Oracle ASM disk group.
`-au_size`	Specifies the allocation unit size (1,2,4,8,16,32,64)
`-compatible.asm`	Specifies the attribute setting.
`-compatible.rdbms`	Specifies the attribute setting.
`-compatible.advm`	Specifies the attribute setting.

For additional options that are common to multiple commands, see Table 9-1.

Examples

To configure an Oracle ASM instance:

Example 9-2 Using asmca -silent -configureASM

asmca -silent
        -configureASM
          -diskString '/devices/disk*'
          –sysAsmPassword my_sysasm_password
          -asmsnmpPassword my_asmsnmp_passwd