advmutil mount

Purpose

The advmutil mount command mounts Oracle ADVM volume devices for file systems that are not Oracle ACFS.

Syntax and Description

advmutil mount [/register] {drive_letter | dir} volume_device
advmutil mount /all

Table 16-24 contains the options available with the Windows advmutil mount command.

Table 16-24 Options for the advmutil mount command

Option Description

drive_letter

Specifies the drive letter to mount.

dir

Specifies the directory of the mount point, including the drive letter.

volume_device

Indicates the Oracle ADVM volume device.

/all

Specifies to mount all non-Oracle ACFS file systems on this node.

/register

Optionally register an Oracle ADVM volume device and its drive letter in the Windows system registry. After startup of the Oracle ASM instance and Oracle ACFS, all registered drive letters and Oracle ADVM volume symbolic links are created. This allows for automatic file system mounting by Windows as is also done for Oracle ACFS file systems.

Note:

To format an Oracle ADVM volume device with NTFS, it must be mounted on a drive letter. After formatting, Oracle ADVM volume devices with NTFS can be mounted on either a drive letter or a directory.

To successfully run this command, the local Oracle ASM instance must be running and the disk groups required by this command must have been created and mounted in the Oracle ASM instance and volumes enabled.

For information about registering Oracle ADVM volume devices for Oracle ACFS, see "acfsutil registry".

Examples

These examples show how to mount a file system that is not Oracle ACFS.

  1. The first example shows how to create a drive letter for an Oracle ADVM volume device for use as a non-Oracle ACFS access which you could then use to format the volume for use with NTFS.

  2. The second example shows how to create a drive letter for an Oracle ADVM volume device for use as a non-Oracle ACFS access which you could then use to format the volume for use with NTFS and save it in the Windows system registry.

  3. The third example shows how to create a drive letter for all Oracle ADVM volume devices which were saved in the system registry which also allows a file system to be accessible.

Example 16-20 Using the advmutil mount command

C:\> advmutil mount H: asm-volume1-123

C:\> advmutil mount H: asm-volume1-123 /register

C:\> advmutil mount /all