Oracle ASM

On Linux, ASM requires a number of additional RPM packages, which can be downloaded from
http://oss.oracle.com. These include the following:
• oracleasm-support
• oracleasm
• oracleasmlib



/etc/init.d/oracleasm script takes the following options:
• configure: Configure ASM.
• start: Start the ASM service.
• stop: Stop the ASM service.
• status: Print the status of ASM service.
• createdisk: Create an ASM disk.
• scandisks: Search for ASM disks.
• listdisks: List ASM disks.
• querydisk: Query the current status of an ASM disk.
• deletedisk: Delete an ASM disk.
• restart: Restart the ASM service.
• link: Load the oracleasm module.
• enable: Enable the ASM service.
• disable: Disable the ASM service.