5 Administering Oracle ASM Files, Directories, and Templates

This chapter describes how to administer files when you use the Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM) storage option.

This chapter contains the following topics:

• What Types of Files Does Oracle ASM Support?

• About Oracle ASM File Names

• Creating and Referencing Oracle ASM Files in the Database

• Managing Alias Names for Oracle ASM File Names

• Managing Disk Group Directories

• Accessing Oracle ASM Files with the XML DB Virtual Folder

• Using DBMS_FILE Transfer Utility for Oracle ASM

• Managing Disk Group Templates