About ASMCMD

ASMCMD is a command-line utility that you can use to manage Oracle ASM instances, disk groups, file access control for disk groups, files and directories within disk groups, templates for disk groups, and volumes.

You can run the ASMCMD utility in either interactive or noninteractive mode.

This section contains the following topics:

• Types of ASMCMD Commands

• About Oracle ASM Files, File Names, Directories, and Aliases

• Preparing to Run ASMCMD

• Running ASMCMD in Interactive Mode

• Running ASMCMD in Noninteractive Mode

• Getting Help