Purpose
Starts up an Oracle ASM instance.
Syntax and Description
startup [--nomount] [--restrict] [ --pfile pfile ]
Table 10-22 lists the options for the startup command.
Table 10-22 Options for the startup command
| Option | Description |
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Specifies no mount operation. |
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Specifies restricted mode. |
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Oracle ASM initialization parameter file. |
The default action is a startup that mounts disk groups and enables Oracle ASM Dynamic Volume Manager (Oracle ADVM) volumes. For information about disk groups that are mounted at startup time, see "About Mounting Disk Groups at Startup".
For more information about starting up an Oracle ASM instance, see "About Starting Up an Oracle ASM Instance".
Example
The following is an example of the startup command that starts the Oracle ASM instance without mounting disk groups and uses the asm_init.ora initialization parameter file.