dsget

Purpose

Retrieves the discovery diskstring value that is used by the Oracle ASM instance and its clients.

Syntax and Description

dsget [ --normal | --parameter | --profile [-f] ]

The syntax options for the dsget command are described in Table 10-5.

Table 10-5 Options for the dsget command

Option	Description
`--normal`	Retrieves the discovery string from the Grid Plug and Play (GPnP) profile and the one that is set in the Oracle ASM instance. It returns one row each for the profile and parameter setting. This is the default setting.
`--parameter`	Retrieves the `ASM_DISKSTRING` parameter setting of the Oracle ASM instance.
`--profile` [`-f`]	Retrieves the discovery string from the GPnP profile. If `-f` is specified with `--profile`, `dsget` retrieves the discovery string from the local GPnP profile.

Example

The following example uses dsget to retrieve the current discovery diskstring value from the GPnP profile and the ASM_DISKSTRING parameter.

Example 10-6 Using the ASMCMD dsget command

ASMCMD [+] > dsget
profile: /devices1/disk*
parameter: /devices2/disk*