Add a Disk to a Disk Group

-addDisk add disks to an existing disk group in an Oracle ASM instance.

Syntax

asmca -silent 
        -addDisk
         [ -diskString discovery_path ]
           {-diskGroupName diskgroup
            {-disk disk_path [-diskName disk]  |
             -diskList disk_list 
                [-diskSize disk_size_MB] 
                [-failuregroup failure_group] 
                [-force|-noforce] 
                [-quorum|-noquorum]  }
         [-sysAsmPassword sysasm_password ]

Table 9-7 contains the options available with the -addDisk command.

Table 9-7 Options for the -addDisk command

Option	Description
`-diskString` `discovery_path`	Specifies the Oracle ASM discovery string for locating disks.
`-diskGroupName` `diskgroup`	Specifies the name of the Oracle ASM disk group to update.
`-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.

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

Examples

To add disks to an existing disk group:

Example 9-7 Using asmca -silent -addDisk

asmca -silent
        -addDisk
          -diskGroupName mynewdg 
             -disk '/devices/diskl1'
             -disk '/devices/diskl2'

Disks added successfully to diskgroup mynewdg.