During the installation of Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM with Oracle Grid Infrastructure on AIX, several system security classes (authorizations) are created for Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM operations. These authorizations enable the following operations:
Configuration of Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM devices
Removal of Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM devices
Definition of Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM devices
These authorizations are collected in a role (oracle_devmgmt) which is assigned by default to the Oracle Grid Infrastructure user and Oracle ASM administrator. You can run the lsrole or rolelist command after installation to see this new role. These commands can be run at any time to ensure that the user has the proper authorization to manage Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM.
For example, run the following as the Oracle ASM administrator:
$ rolelist -e oracle_devmgmt
After the initial installation on an AIX operating system, the shell from which the root script was run does not inherit the new role. If the role is not present for the user, then the swrole command must be run before performing Oracle ACFS or Oracle ADVM operations.
For example, run the following as the Oracle ASM administrator:
$ swrole oracle_devmgmt
Alternatively, you can open a new shell to perform Oracle ACFS or Oracle ADVM operations.
During the removal of Oracle Grid Infrastructure, the oracle_devmgmt role and its associated authorizations are deleted from the system.
Oracle Grid Infrastructure on AIX, refer to Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit) for more information about installing
If a disk group is dismounted with the force option on AIX, any Oracle ADVM volumes device files that were on that disk group remain on the system. These files are removed when the disk group is remounted.
Table 16-11 contains a summary of the Oracle ACFS commands for the AIX operating system. The commands in Table 16-11 have been extended with additional options to support Oracle ACFS on AIX.