ASMCMD Instance Management Commands

This section describes the ASMCMD Oracle ASM instance management commands.

Some commands in this section affect the Grid Plug and Play (GPnP) profile, which is a resource in a clustered configuration. In an Oracle Restart configuration, the profile is actually located in a resource attribute, not the Grid Plug and Play (GPnP) profile. However, the functionality of the commands is the same for both configurations.

See Also:

Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide for your operating system for information about installing and configuring Oracle Grid Infrastructure

Table 10-4 provides a summary of the Oracle ASM instance management commands.

Table 10-4 Summary of ASMCMD instance management commands

Command	Description
dsget	Retrieves the discovery diskstring value that is used by the Oracle ASM instance and its clients.
dsset	Sets the disk discovery diskstring value that is used by the Oracle ASM instance and its clients.
lsct	Lists information about current Oracle ASM clients.
lsop	Lists the current operations on a disk group or Oracle ASM instance.
lspwusr	Lists the users from an Oracle ASM password file.
orapwusr	Adds, drops, or changes an Oracle ASM password user.
pwcopy	Copies a password file to the specified location.
pwcreate	Creates a password file at the specified location.
pwdelete	Deletes a password file at the specified location.
pwget	Returns the location of the password file.
pwmove	Moves the location of the password file.
pwset	Sets the location of the password file.
showclustermode	Displays the current mode of the Oracle ASM cluster.
showclusterstate	Displays the current state of the cluster.
showpatches	Lists the patches applied to the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home.
showversion	Displays the Oracle ASM cluster release and software patch levels.
shutdown	Shuts down an Oracle ASM instance.
spbackup	Backs up an Oracle ASM SPFILE.
spcopy	Copies an Oracle ASM SPFILE.
spget	Retrieves the location of the Oracle ASM SPFILE.
spmove	Moves an Oracle ASM SPFILE.
spset	Sets the location of the Oracle ASM SPFILE.
startup	Starts up an Oracle ASM instance.