afd_scan

Purpose

Scans for Oracle ASM Filter Driver disks.

Syntax and Description

afd_scan [afd_diskstring]

The syntax options for the afd_scan command are described in Table 10-27.

Table 10-27 Options for the afd_scan command

Option	Description
`afd_diskstring`	Specifies the value for the Oracle ASM Filter Driver discovery diskstring.

afd_scan scans for Oracle ASM Filter Driver disks using the specified discovery string. If the command is executed without specifying a disk string, then afd_scan uses the Oracle ASM Filter Driver discovery diskstring value in the afd.conf file.

For information about Oracle ASM Filter Driver, refer to "Oracle ASM Filter Driver".

Example

The following example scans for Oracle ASM Filter Driver disks with a specified diskstring.

Example 10-36 Using the afd_scan command

ASMCMD [+] > afd_scan /dev/sd*