Oracle ASM Filter Driver

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This feature is available on Linux systems starting with Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2).

Oracle ASM Filter Driver (Oracle ASMFD) is a kernel module that resides in the I/O path of the Oracle ASM disks. After installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure, you can optionally configure Oracle ASMFD for your system. If ASMLIB is configured for an existing Oracle ASM installation, then you must explicitly migrate the existing ASMLIB configuration to Oracle ASMFD.

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In the steps of the procedures in this section, the $ORACLE_HOME environmental variable is set to the directory path of the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home. Commands that show # as the operating system prompt must be run as the root user. Commands that show $ as the operating system prompt should be run as the owner of Oracle Grid Infrastructure home.

This section contains the following topics:

For information about the ASMCMD commands for administering Oracle ASMFD, refer to "ASMCMD Oracle ASM Filter Driver Management Commands".

For information about all the ASMCMD commands, refer to "About ASMCMD".

For information about using Oracle Enterprise Manager to administer Oracle ASMFD, refer to "Managing Oracle ASM Filter Driver With Oracle Enterprise Manager".